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If the application respondent is successful in getting the adjournment, which will usually be the case if you've been unreasonable or the application respondent has a genuinely good reason for needing the adjournment, you'll have wasted all the time and anxiety you spent preparing for the application, only to have to take another day off work and do it all again some other day. | If the application respondent is successful in getting the adjournment, which will usually be the case if you've been unreasonable or the application respondent has a genuinely good reason for needing the adjournment, you'll have wasted all the time and anxiety you spent preparing for the application, only to have to take another day off work and do it all again some other day. | ||
It can be tough to call your ex (or his or her lawyer) to negotiate a hearing date, especially since you're likely fairly annoyed at having to make your application in the first place. However, if the subject of the application is important enough for you to pay the fee and jump through all the hoops, it's got to be important enough that you'll want to avoid delays and adjournment applications. | It can be tough to call your ex (or his or her lawyer) to negotiate a hearing date, especially since you're likely fairly annoyed at having to make your application in the first place. However, if the subject of the application is important enough for you to pay the fee and jump through all the hoops, it's got to be important enough that you'll want to avoid delays and adjournment applications. If you can make the call, try to reach an agreement on: | ||
If you can make the call, try to reach an agreement on: | |||
*the date when you'll have the application materials to the application respondent, | *the date when you'll have the application materials to the application respondent, | ||
*the date when the application respondent will get his or her reply materials to you, and | *the date when the application respondent will get his or her reply materials to you, and | ||
*the hearing | *the date of the hearing. | ||
==The Provincial Family Court== | ==The Provincial Family Court== | ||