In a family law proceeding, the applicant alleged the respondent forged her signature to obtain mortgages on the matrimonial home and cottage, placing the properties at risk of enforcement by a bank.
The court addressed motions concerning amendment of the application, the involvement of the lender, and the respondent’s ability to bring further motions while in contempt of prior court orders.
The court permitted the mortgage validity dispute to proceed through a civil action with the issue of the mortgages’ validity determined as a preliminary issue before the family court under the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Because the respondent had failed to comply with multiple disclosure, support, and cost orders and had not met conditions imposed in a contempt order, his motion to vary support was struck.
The respondent was given a final opportunity to purge contempt before the applicant could move to strike his answer.
