The applicant wife brought a motion to strike the respondent husband's pleadings due to his repeated failure to comply with multiple court orders for financial disclosure.
Despite four disclosure orders over three and a half years, the respondent failed to produce significant financial documents necessary to determine child support, spousal support, and equalization of net family property.
The court applied the three-pronged test for striking pleadings and found that the respondent's willful non-compliance was egregious.
The court granted the motion, struck the respondent's pleadings, and ordered the matter to proceed to an uncontested trial.
