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O. Reg. 76/06: FAMILY LAW RULES


Published: 2006-03-10

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ontario regulation 76/06

made under the

courts of justice act

Made: January 25, 2006
Approved: March 9, 2006
Filed: March 10, 2006
Published on e-Laws: March 13, 2006
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 25, 2006


Amending O. Reg. 114/99

(Family Law Rules)

1. (1) Subrule 1 (9) of Ontario Regulation 114/99 is revoked and the following substituted:

reference to forms

(9) In these rules, when a form is referred to by number, the reference is to the form with that number that is described in the Table of Forms at the end of these rules and is available on the Internet through www.ontariocourtforms.on.ca.

use of forms

(9.1) The forms authorized by these rules and set out in the Table of Forms shall be used where applicable and may be adjusted as needed to fit the situation.

(2) Subrule 1 (14) of the Regulation is revoked.

2. The definition of “continuing record” in subrule 2 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

“continuing record” means the record made under Rule 9 containing, in accordance with these rules, written documents in a case that are filed with the court; (“dossier continu”)

3. Subrule 3 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (d), by adding “or” at the end of clause (e) and by adding the following clause:

(f) rule 41 (case management in the Superior Court of Justice (other than the Family Court of the Superior Court of Justice)).

4. (1) Paragraph 2 of subrule 9 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

2. An uncontested divorce case in which divorce only is claimed, except that if the respondent files an answer, the respondent shall start the continuing record on filing the answer.

(2) Subrule 9 (4) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

child protection continuing record

(4) In an application for a child protection order or an application for a status review of a child protection order, the continuing record shall be called the child protection continuing record.

(3) Subrule 9 (5) of the Regulation is revoked.

(4) Subrule 9 (6) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

formal requirements of continuing record

(6) In preparing and maintaining a continuing record and support enforcement continuing record under this rule, the parties shall meet the requirements set out in the document entitled “Formal Requirements of the Continuing Record under the Family Law Rules”, dated November 1, 2005, published by the Family Rules Committee and available on the Internet through www.ontariocourtforms.on.ca.

formal requirements of child protection continuing record

(6.1) In preparing and maintaining a child protection continuing record under this rule, the parties shall meet the requirements set out in the document entitled “Formal Requirements of the Child Protection Continuing Record under the Family Law Rules”, dated November 1, 2005, published by the Family Rules Committee and available on the Internet through www.ontariocourtforms.on.ca.

(5) Paragraph 1 of subrule 9 (7) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “In any case” at the beginning and substituting “In a case other than a child protection case”.

(6) Subrule 9 (23) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

TRANSITIONAL PROVISION, CASES IN FAMILY COURT OF SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE OR ONTARIO COURT OF JUSTICE

(23) Despite this rule, a case started in the Family Court of the Superior Court of Justice or the Ontario Court of Justice,

(a) before July 1, 2004, continues to be governed by this rule as it read on June 30, 2004, subject to subrule (24);

(b) on or after July 1, 2004 and before May 1, 2006, continues to be governed by this rule as it read on April 30, 2006.

TRANSITIONAL PROVISION, EXCEPTIONS

(24) Where a case was started in the Family Court of the Superior Court of Justice or the Ontario Court of Justice before July 1, 2004,

(a) a party in a case other than a child protection case may request that the continuing record be separated under paragraph 1 of subrule (7), and if the record is separated this rule applies to all documents filed thereafter;

(b) this rule, as it read on April 30, 2006, continues to govern the case if the continuing record was separated on or after July 1, 2004 and before May 1, 2006.

5. (1) Subrule 13 (1.4) of the Regulation is revoked.

(2) Paragraph 1 of subrule 13 (4) of the Regulation is amended by adding “(Form 13 or 13.1)” after “financial statement”.

(3) Rule 13 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subrule:

financial statement with motion to refrain

(5.1) A payor who makes a motion to require the Director of the Family Responsibility Office to refrain from suspending the payor’s driver’s licence shall, in accordance with subsection 35 (7) of the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996, serve and file with the notice of motion,

(a) a financial statement (Form 13 or 13.1) or a financial statement incorporated as Form 4 in Ontario Regulation 167/97 (General) made under that Act; and

(b) the proof of income specified in section 15 of the regulation referred to in clause (a).

(4) Subrules 13 (7) and (7.1) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

NOTICES OF ASSESSMENT REQUIRED

(7) The clerk shall not accept a party’s financial statement for filing unless,

(a) copies of the party’s notices of assessment for the three previous taxation years are attached as the form requires;

(b) the financial statement contains the party’s signed direction to the Canada Revenue Agency (Form 13A) for disclosure of the party’s income and deduction printouts; or

(c) the financial statement contains a sworn statement that the party is not required to file an income tax return because of the Indian Act (Canada).

exception

(7.0.1) Subrule (7) does not apply to a financial statement filed under subrule (5.1).

income tax returns

(7.1) Except in the case of a filing under subrule (5.1), income tax returns submitted in accordance with these rules are not required to be filed in the continuing record unless the court orders otherwise.

6. Subclause 25 (11) (b) (i) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(i) if it is a support deduction order or alternative payment order under the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996 or an order under the Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act, 2002, or

7. Subrule 29 (29) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “within 10 days” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “within 10 days of the clerk notifying the recipient or the Director that a notice under subrule (26) was received”.

8. (1) Subrule 30 (8) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “clause 41 (9) (g) or (h)” and substituting “clause 41 (10) (h) or (i)”.

(2) Subrule 30 (9) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “subsection 41 (13) (variation of order)” and substituting “subsection 41 (15) (power to change order)”.

9. Subrule 33 (5) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the case conference” and substituting “a conference”.

10. (1) Paragraph 6 of subrule 38 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

6. The time period referred to in subrule 62.02 (2) for serving the notice of motion for leave to appeal shall be 30 days.

(2) Subrule 38 (24) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

prompt hearing of cfsa appeals

(24) An appeal under the Child and Family Services Act shall be heard within 60 days after the appellant’s factum and appeal record are filed.

(3) Subrule 38 (34) of the Regulation is amended by adding at the end “made under the temporary or final order”.

11. (1) Subrule 39 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (b), by adding “or” at the end of clause (c) and by adding the following clause:

(d) secure treatment cases under Part VI of the Child and Family Services Act.

(2) Subrule 39 (9) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “and” at the end of clause (d), by adding “and” at the end of clause (c) and by revoking clause (e).

(3) Rule 39 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subrule:

judge may set clerk’s order aside

(14.1) The case management judge or another judge may, on motion, set aside an order of the clerk under subrule (12).

12. Subrule 40 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (b), by adding “or” at the end of clause (c) and by adding the following clause:

(d) secure treatment cases under Part VI of the Child and Family Services Act.

13. Rule 41 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subrule:

judge may set clerk’s order aside

(9) A judge may, on motion, set aside an order of the clerk under subrule (6).

14. The Table of Forms to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE OF FORMS


Form Number


Form Title


Date of Form




4


Notice of change in representation


September 1, 2005




6


Acknowledgment of service


September 1, 2005




6A


Advertisement


September 1, 2005




6B


Affidavit of service


September 1, 2005




8


Application (general)


September 1, 2005




8A


Application (divorce)


September 1, 2005




8B


Application (child protection and status review)


September 1, 2005




8C


Application (secure treatment)


September 1, 2005




8D


Application (adoption)


September 1, 2005




8D.1


Application (dispense with parent’s consent to adoption before placement)


September 1, 2005




8E


Summary of court cases


September 1, 2005




10


Answer


September 1, 2005




10A


Reply


September 1, 2005




12


Notice of withdrawal


September 1, 2005




13


Financial statement (support claims)


September 1, 2005




13.1


Financial statement (property and support claims)


September 1, 2005




13A


Direction to Canada Revenue Agency


September 1, 2005




13B


Net family property statement


September 1, 2005




14


Notice of motion


September 1, 2005




14A


Affidavit (general)


September 1, 2005




14B


Motion form


September 1, 2005




14C


Confirmation


September 1, 2005




14D


Order on motion without notice


September 1, 2005




15


Change information form (motion to change child support)


September 1, 2005




15A


Consent (motion to change child support)


September 1, 2005




17


Conference notice


September 1, 2005




17A


Case conference brief ― General


September 1, 2005




17B


Case conference brief for protection application or status review


September 1, 2005




17C


Settlement conference brief ― General


September 1, 2005




17D


Settlement conference brief for protection application or status review


September 1, 2005




17E


Trial management conference brief


September 1, 2005




20


Request for information


September 1, 2005




20A


Authorization to commissioner


September 1, 2005




20B


Letter of request


September 1, 2005




22


Request to admit


September 1, 2005




22A


Response to request to admit


September 1, 2005




23


Summons to witness


September 1, 2005




23A


Summons to witness outside Ontario


September 1, 2005




23B


Order for prisoner’s attendance


September 1, 2005




23C


Affidavit for uncontested trial


September 1, 2005




25


Order (general)


September 1, 2005




25A


Divorce order


September 1, 2005




25B


Secure treatment order


September 1, 2005




25C


Adoption order


September 1, 2005




25D


Order (uncontested trial)


September 1, 2005




25E


Notice disputing approval of order


September 1, 2005




26


Statement of money owed


September 1, 2005




26A


Affidavit of enforcement expenses


September 1, 2005




26B


Affidavit for filing domestic contract or paternity agreement with court


September 1, 2005




26C


Notice of transfer of enforcement


September 1, 2005




27


Request for financial statement


September 1, 2005




27A


Request for statement of income


September 1, 2005




27B


Statement of income from income source


September 1, 2005




27C


Appointment for financial examination


September 1, 2005




28


Writ of seizure and sale


September 1, 2005




28A


Request for writ of seizure and sale


September 1, 2005




28B


Statutory declaration to sheriff


September 1, 2005




28C


Writ of temporary seizure


September 1, 2005




29


Request for garnishment


September 1, 2005




29A


Notice of garnishment (lump-sum debt)


September 1, 2005




29B


Notice of garnishment (periodic debt)


September 1, 2005




29C


Notice to co-owner of debt


September 1, 2005




29D


Statutory declaration of indexed support


September 1, 2005




29E


Dispute (payor)


September 1, 2005




29F


Dispute (garnishee)


September 1, 2005




29G


Dispute (co-owner of debt)


September 1, 2005




29H


Notice of garnishment hearing


September 1, 2005




29I


Notice to stop garnishment


September 1, 2005




29J


Statement to garnishee financial institution re support


September 1, 2005




30


Notice of default hearing


September 1, 2005




30A


Request for default hearing


September 1, 2005




30B


Default dispute


September 1, 2005




31


Notice of contempt motion


September 1, 2005




32


Bond (recognizance)


September 1, 2005




32A


Notice of forfeiture motion


September 1, 2005




32B


Warrant for arrest


September 1, 2005




32C


Affidavit for warrant of committal


September 1, 2005




32D


Warrant of committal


September 1, 2005




33


Information for warrant to apprehend child


September 1, 2005




33A


Warrant to apprehend child


September 1, 2005




33B


Plan of care for child(ren) (Children’s Aid Society)


September 1, 2005




33B.1


Answer and plan of care (Parties other than Children’s Aid Society)


September 1, 2005




33C


Statement of agreed facts (child protection)


September 1, 2005




33D


Statement of agreed facts (status review)


September 1, 2005




33E


Child’s consent to secure treatment


September 1, 2005




33F


Consent to secure treatment (person other than child)


September 1, 2005




34


Child’s consent to adoption


September 1, 2005




34A


Affidavit of parentage


September 1, 2005




34B


Non-parent’s consent to adoption by spouse


September 1, 2005




34C


Director’s or local director’s statement on adoption


September 1, 2005




34D


Affidavit of adoption applicant(s)


September 1, 2005




34E


Director’s consent to adoption


September 1, 2005




34F


Parent’s or custodian’s consent to adoption


September 1, 2005




34G


Affidavit of adoption licensee or society employee


September 1, 2005




34H


Affidavit of adopting relative or stepparent


September 1, 2005




34I


Parent’s consent to adoption by spouse


September 1, 2005




34J


Affidavit of execution and independent legal advice (Children’s Lawyer)


September 1, 2005




34K


Certificate of clerk (adoption)


September 1, 2005




36


Affidavit for divorce


September 1, 2005




36A


Certificate of clerk (divorce)


September 1, 2005




36B


Certificate of divorce


September 1, 2005




37


Notice of hearing


September 1, 2005




37A


Information sheet


September 1, 2005




37B


Direction to request further information


September 1, 2005




37C


Notice of continuation of hearing


September 1, 2005




37D


Notice of registration of order


September 1, 2005




37E


Notice for taking further evidence


September 1, 2005




38


Notice of appeal


September 1, 2005




39


Notice of approaching dismissal


September 1, 2005




15. Forms 4 to 39 of the Regulation are revoked.

16. This Regulation comes into force on May 1, 2006.

 

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