Ontario Court of Justice Practice Direction on Page Limits

All page limits and permissible attachments are subject to judicial discretion on a case-by-case basis.

Page limits for affidavits do not apply for Place of Safety Hearings/Initial CAS motions.

Every document in Domestic or Child Protection proceeding shall:

1. Be printed, typed, written or reproduced legibly;
2. Have a margin of approximately 25 millimetres on all sides;
3. Be in 12-point or larger font;
4. Have double spaces between the lines, except for quotations longer than four lines and footnotes

Video or audio Recordings or links to documents are not permitted without leave of the court.

Page Limits:

Permissible attachments should only include relevant excerpts from the following documents, which are not included in the above page restrictions.

Documents already filed in the court record (i.e. OCL reports, s. 30 assessments) shall not be attached but the date of the report should be referenced. The date of filing of the original document, and the court file number/case number from the Family Submissions Online portal or the Ontario Courts Public Portal should also be referenced.

Permissible attachments

1. Professional Reports:
   • documents that establish a child’s educational, medical, psychological and physical needs (for example, report cards or Individual Education Plans, reports from doctors and psychologists);
   • documents that establish a party’s medical and psychological needs (for example, medical evidence of an inability to be employed, mental health or addiction issues)
2. Support Calculations:
   • Divorcemate or SSAG calculations, s. 7 expense calculations, charts of support arrears or retroactive readjustment of support
   • income or business valuations;
   • proof of income for the relevant period(s) including pay stubs, confirmation of benefits received and/or Statement of Business or Professional Activities from a party’s Income Tax Return
3. Domestic Contracts:
   • Including marriage contracts, separation agreements or cohabitation agreements that are relevant to the issues in dispute, if not already filed.
4. Criminal Conditions:
   • Including terms of recognizance, undertakings, bail and probation terms. These should be attached to the party’s s. 35.1 Affidavit.
5. Offers to Settle:
   • These can be attached to briefs or filed separately
   • Offers to Settle shall not be attached to motion materials

Sharon Nicklas
Chief Justice
Ontario Court of Justice

*Original signed by Chief Justice Sharon Nicklas.