Family Court Rules 2021
Part 12Court events
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Part 12 — Court events
Division 1 — Application of Part
- Application of Part 116
Division 2 — Specific court events
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Property case: exchange of documents before first court date 116
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Exchange of documents before conciliation conference 118
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Conduct of conciliation conference 118
Division 3 — Attendance at court events
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Party’s attendance 119
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Attendance by electronic communication 119
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Failure to attend court events 119
Division 4 — Adjournment and postponement of procedural hearings
- Administrative postponement of procedural hearing 120
Part 13 — Disclosure
Division 1 — Disclosure between parties
Subdivision 1 — General duty of disclosure
- General duty of disclosure 121
Subdivision 2 — Duty of disclosure in financial cases
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Purpose of this Subdivision 121
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Full and frank disclosure 121
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Financial statement 123
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Amendment of financial statement 124
Division 2 — Duty to disclose documents
Subdivision 1 — Disclosure of documents for all cases
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Duty to disclose documents 124
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Use of documents 124
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Inspection of documents 125
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Production of original documents 125
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Disclosure by inspection of documents 125
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Costs of inspection 125
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Documents that need not be produced 126
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Objection to production 126
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Consequence of non‑disclosure 126
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Undertaking by party 127
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Time for filing undertaking 128
Subdivision 2 — Disclosure of documents for certain applications
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Application of Subdivision 128
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Party may seek order about disclosure 129
Subdivision 3 — Disclosure of documents: initiating applications