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Civil and Family Motions Procedures
Notice to the Profession
For the information of counsel and parties, the following standards
apply within all judicial regions of the Superior Court of Justice
of Ontario for motions in civil and family proceedings:
- Factums are required for long civil motions and
encouraged for all other motions unless otherwise directed by a judge;
and,
- Factums or Summaries of Argument under subrule 17(8) of the Family
Law Rules are required for all long
family motions unless otherwise directed by a case conference
judge; and,
- No factum or Summary of Argument may exceed 20 pages, unless leave
is granted; and,
- The times for service and filing of factums or Summaries of Argument
shall be in accordance with the times for service and filing of other
motions materials respectively under the Rules
of Civil Procedure or the Family
Law Rules.
The following chart sets out the times for short and long motions
for civil and family proceedings in each judicial region:
REGIONS |
SHORT MOTIONS |
LONG MOTIONS |
Central East: Civil, Family |
Under 1 hour |
Over 1 hour |
Central South: Civil, Family |
Under 1 hour |
Over 1 hour |
Central West: Civil, Family |
Under 1 hour |
Over 1 hour |
East: Civil, Family |
Under 1 hour |
Over 1hour* |
Northeast: Civil, Family |
Under 1 hour |
Over 1 hour |
Northwest: Civil, Family |
Under 2 hours |
Over 2 hours |
Southwest: Civil, Family |
Under 1/2 hour |
Over 1/2 hour |
Toronto: Civil, Family |
Under 2 hours |
Over 2 hours |
* Some locations have an additional “lengthy” category
for long family motions more than 2 hours.
Additional information, such as contact names and telephone numbers
for court locations within a particular judicial region, and to obtain
further details, may be found on the Ontario Courts website on the
Superior Court of Justice section at the following internet address:
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/
Osgoode Hall
August 26, 2005
Heather J. Smith
Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Ontario
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