Difference between revisions of "Interim Applications and Supreme Court Family Law Proceedings"

}}Once a BC Supreme Court proceeding has started, it's often helpful, if not necessary, to get one or more short-term orders about important things like where the children will live, or whether and what amount of spousal support should be paid. It may also be necessary to get orders to resolve sticking points in the litigation process itself, often called ''procedural'' or ''case management'' orders. Whether the issue is something important (like the care of children, or the financial needs of a party), or a procedural question (like whether certain documents should be disclosed, or whether a case should be transferred to another registry), getting an order other than at trial often involves making a court application. For issues that need to be dealt with immediately, and which cannot wait months (or even years) until a trial held, the courts can grant short-term orders about important things, called ''interim orders'', and procedural orders about procedural things, but you must make an ''interim application'' in court.  

Interim applications are particularly common in family law proceedings, sometimes because someone's behaviour is out of control, sometimes because decisions need to be made about where the children will live, sometimes to get some financial support flowing, and sometimes to move a court proceeding toward trial. Interim orders are good for getting a routine in place, usually about the kids and support, and setting up some rules about the relationship between the parties.