{"id":48043,"date":"2018-09-01T10:43:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T10:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/?p=48043"},"modified":"2019-04-17T17:12:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:12:56","slug":"new-court-system-aims-to-speed-up-divorce-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/new-court-system-aims-to-speed-up-divorce-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"New court system aims to speed up divorce cases"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Getting a divorce in Manitoba will get a whole lot easier.<\/p>\n

Manitoba is aiming to speed up family court so that divorces, child custody disputes and other matters don\u2019t drag on for years.<\/p>\n

A new model for scheduling and case-flow management includes a triage system aimed at clarifying and narrowing the number of issues being disputed in a case before it goes to a courtroom.<\/p>\n

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The coming changes are aimed at reducing not only the demands on court time, but also the toll taken on people involved, says Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of Manitoba Court of Queen\u2019s Bench.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you have a matter lingering in the Court of Queen\u2019s Bench \u2026 for a period of three to four years, without even a trial date yet being set, you can almost assume and count on that delay as having significant implications for both the financial costs to the litigant and the emotional costs to the litigant,\u201d Joyal said in an interview this week.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Common thoughts range from, \u2018How long is this going to last? How much more do I have to pay? At what point can we get closure?\u2019, he says.<\/p>\n

He says if clients can\u2019t find those answers, then the system is, \u201cfoundationally deficient about what you\u2019re (they\u2019re) offering as a judicial service.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Winnipeg family lawyer says the new approach could see lawyers and their clients more focused on what needs to be resolved before a first court appearance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou have to be pretty clear about what your client needs before you embark in the system,\u201d said Greg Evans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The changes mirror similar measures recently undertaken in Manitoba\u2019s criminal, civil litigation and child protection courts. They also come at a time when the provincial government is considering setting up an administrative alternative, which would include mediation, to some family court hearings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have to put in place those best practices that will make Manitobans believe that they\u2019re getting a better quality of access to justice in family matters in a system that\u2019s going to be considerably less complex, considerably less slow and, in the end, considerably less expensive,\u201d Joyal said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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