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Under Rule 6, the parties to a court proceeding in the Provincial Court are required to attend a "first appearance" before a judge once the respondent has filed a Reply. This will be scheduled by the court registry. The parties are not consulted about the date.
Under Rule 6(3), the judge at the first appearance, and at any later appearance in court, can do a lot number of things to encourage the discovery and disclosure process. The judge can:
<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(c) if a party has failed to provide financial information in accordance with rule 4,</tt></blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><tt>(iii) make an interim order under section 216 or 217 of the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', and </tt></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><tt>(iv) if the judge considers that the circumstances justify it, make a final order; ...</tt></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(e) order a party to allow another party to inspect and copy records, specified in the order, that are or have been in that other party's possession or control or, if not in that other party's possession or control, are within that other party's power; </tt></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><tt>(f) set a date for a family case conference under rule 7;...</tt></blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(g) set a date for a trial preparation conference under rule 8; ...</tt></blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(k) make any other order or give any direction that the judge considers appropriate.</tt></blockquote></blockquote>