Summary Judgment in Family Law

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1 Summary Judgment in Family Law 11 th Annual Family Law Summit March 6, 2017 Adam N. Black

2 Brief Background to the Changes to Summary Judgment The Osborne Report (2007) Civil Justice Reform Project: Summary of Findings & Recommendations 2010 changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure Hryniak v. Mauldin 2014 SCC Changes to the Family Law Rules

3 What have the courts been doing since the changes to the Family Law Rules?

4 Turk v. Turk, 2015 ONSC 5845 (Ont. S.C.J.) F.P. Kiteley J. An early decision under the revised rules regarding summary judgment. Applies principles in Hryniak v. Mauldin The two-step approach: First, the motions judge should take a liberal approach only on the evidence before her, without using the new fact-finding powers under the second part of this test. If the summary judgment process provides the motions judge with the evidence required to justly determine the motion, it will be held that there is no genuine issue requiring a trial; and Second, if there appears to be a genuine issue requiring a trial, the motions judge is entitled, at his discretion, to weigh evidence, evaluate credibility, and draw reasonable inferences, in order to determine if the need for a trial can be avoided by using these new tools to come to a fair and just result.

5 Categories of Summary Judgment Cases Court of Appeal Custody & Access Property & Support Limitation Period Setting Aside an Agreement Enforcing an Agreement Legal Issue Procedure Costs Pot Pourri

6 Court of Appeal for Ontario Abdollahpour v. Banifatemi, 2015 ONCA 834 (Ont. C.A.) E.E. Gillese, R.A. Blair and D.M. Brown JJ.A. DeMelo v. DeMelo, 2015 ONCA 598 (Ont. C.A.) E.A. Cronk, P.D. Lauwers and K.M. van Rensburg JJ.A. Frick v. Frick, 2016 ONCA 799 (Ont. C.A.) A. Hoy A.C.J.O., P.D. Lauwers and M.L. Benotto JJ.A. Ramdial v. Davis (Litigation guardian of), 2015 ONCA 726 (Ont. C.A.) E.E. Gillese, K.M. van Rensburg and B. Miller JJ.A.

7 Custody & Access A.E.A. v. F.A.H., 2015 ONCJ 339 (Ont. C.J.) S.B. Sherr J. Carroll v. Westlake, 2016 ONSC 453 (Ont. S.C.J.) R.J. Nightingale J. F.D.M. v. K.O.W., 2015 ONCJ 47 (Ont. C.J.) S.B. Sherr J. Kaplan v. Kaplan, 2015 ONSC 1277 (Ont. S.C.J.) J.P.L. McDermot J. Kerton v. Kerton-Moir, 2015 ONSC 5956 (Ont. S.C.J.) V. Mitrow J.

8 Custody & Access (cont d) Krummenacher v. Blackmore, 2016 ONSC 4072 (Ont. S.C.J.) D.R. Timms J. McEown v. Parks, 2016 ONSC 6761 (Ont. S.C.J.) H.A. Vogelsang J. Pettis v. Tremblay, 2015 ONSC 7053 (Ont. S.C.J.) P.B. Kane J. S.T.S. v. B.E., 2016 ONSC 263 (Ont. S.C.J.) E.C. Sheard J. Violo v. Munro, 2015 ONCJ 640 (Ont. C.J.) Penny Jones J.

9 Property & Support Armstrong v. Wallace, 2016 ONSC 3037 (Ont. S.C.J.) R.J. Harper J. Chao v. Chao, 2016 ONSC 7911 (Ont. S.C.J.) D.A. Broad J. Iusi-Johnston v. Iusi, 2015 ONSC 6266 (Ont. S.C.J.) G.D. Lemon J. Keyes v. Keyes, 2015 ONSC 1660 (Ont. S.C.J.) V.R. Chiappetta J.

10 Limitation Period Goodfellow v. Tordjman, [2016] O.J. No (Ont. S.C.J.) C. Perkins J. Manzoor v. Zahooruddin, 2016 ONSC 257 (Ont. S.C.J.) A.D.K. MacKenzie J.

11 Setting Aside an Agreement A.P. v. F.D., 2016 ONSC 2566 (Ont. S.C.J.) P.A. Douglas J. Butler v. Butler, 2015 ONSC 6796 (Ont. S.C.J.) H.A. Vogelsang J. Da Costa v. Da Costa, 2015 ONSC 215 (Ont. S.C.J.) F.E. McWatt J. Kent v. Kent, 2015 ONSC 4488 (Ont. S.C.J.) M.R. Labrosse J. Sandrelli v. Sandrelli, 2015 ONSC 7913 (Ont. S.C.J.) S. Woodley J.

12 Enforcing an Agreement Bancheri v. Mirian, 2016 ONSC 1527 (Ont. S.C.J.) S.M. Rogers J. Philion v. Philion, 2015 ONSC 4255 (Ont. S.C.J.) J.C. Kent J.

13 Legal Issue Goryn v. Neisner, 2015 ONCJ 191(Ont. C.J.) R.J. Spence J. Sickinger v. Sickinger, 2016 ONSC 3806 (Ont. S.C.J.) S.M. Stevenson J.

14 Procedure Da Costa v. Da Costa, 2016 ONSC 4107 (Ont. Div. Ct.) F.N. Marrocco A.C.J.S.C.J., M.R. Dambrot and L.A. Pattillo JJ. Hanley v. Furlong-Jewer, 2016 ONSC 1038 (Ont. S.C.J.) D.J. Gordon J. Nichols v. Nichols, 2015 ONCJ 360 (Ont. C.J.) J.E. Caspers J. Norris v. Norris, 2016 ONSC 7077 (Ont. S.C.J.) S. Corthorne J. Rosati v. Reggimenti, 2016 ONSC 397 (Ont. S.C.J.) J.R.H. Turnbull J. Shair v. Shair, 2015 ONSC 5816 (Ont. S.C.J.) V.R. Chiappetta J.

15 Costs Abdollahpour v. Banifatemi, 2015 ONSC 1019 (Ont. S.C.J.) R.J. Smith J. Booth v. Booth, 2016 ONSC 2707 (Ont. S.C.J.) E.C. Sheard J. J.S.G. v. E.M.G., 2016 ONSC 3038 (Ont. S.C.J.) A. Doyle J. Mason v. Blanchard, 2015 ONCJ 285 (Ont. C.J.) S. O'Connell J. Suzuki v. Ewing, 2016 ONSC 2142 (Ont. S.C.J.) E.C. Sheard J. Turk v. Turk, 2016 ONSC 816 (Ont. S.C.J.) F.P. Kiteley J.

16 Pot Pourri D.C. v. M.T.C., 2015 ONCJ 242 (Ont. C.J.) V.A. Starr J Restraining order Kang v. Ghag, 2016 ONSC 890 (Ont. S.C.J.) J.M. Fragomeni J. Validity of marriage Mullin v. Sherlock, 2015 ONSC 7587 (Ont. S.C.J.) D.G. Price J. Summary judgment and severing the divorce

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