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It's important to know that if you are applying for an injunction or restraining order without notice to the other spouse, the court will require that you make full and complete disclosure of all of the relevant facts, even of those facts that aren't in your favour. If it is discovered that you haven't made full disclosure, the court can set aside the injunction, make an award of costs against you, or make an award of damages to compensate the other party for any inconvenience caused by the injunction. In a 1986 Supreme Court case called ''[http://canlii.ca/t/213m5 Morin v. Morin]'', 1986 CanLII 896 (BCSC), this resulted in a spouse having the injunction cancelled and getting awarded special court costs of the application. | It's important to know that if you are applying for an injunction or restraining order without notice to the other spouse, the court will require that you make full and complete disclosure of all of the relevant facts, even of those facts that aren't in your favour. If it is discovered that you haven't made full disclosure, the court can set aside the injunction, make an award of costs against you, or make an award of damages to compensate the other party for any inconvenience caused by the injunction. In a 1986 Supreme Court case called ''[http://canlii.ca/t/213m5 Morin v. Morin]'', 1986 CanLII 896 (BCSC), this resulted in a spouse having the injunction cancelled and getting awarded special court costs of the application. | ||
==Debts, bankruptcies and third party claims== | ==Debts, bankruptcies and third-party claims== | ||
Apart from the possibility that your spouse will be less than forthright in dealing with the family property and family debt, you may also need to protect your interest in those assets from claims made by creditors and third parties, and against the possibility of your spouse's bankruptcy or your spouse racking up further debt. These issues can be dealt with, for the most part, by ensuring that you: | Apart from the possibility that your spouse will be less than forthright in dealing with the family property and family debt, you may also need to protect your interest in those assets from claims made by creditors and third parties, and against the possibility of your spouse's bankruptcy or your spouse racking up further debt. These issues can be dealt with, for the most part, by ensuring that you: | ||
