This endorsement addresses a long-standing family law dispute concerning parenting issues and jurisdiction, marked by the respondent father's persistent non-participation and procedural abuses.
The father, residing in Saskatchewan, had previously obtained a custody order in Jordan and initiated parallel proceedings in Saskatchewan, seeking to have the children, who live in Hamilton with the applicant mother, returned to Jordan.
The Saskatchewan application was dismissed due to the father's non-appearance and lack of jurisdiction.
The Ontario court, frustrated by the father's continued failure to participate in the Hamilton proceedings, refused to schedule a trial.
Instead, the court directed the applicant mother to bring a motion to strike the father's pleadings, enabling the case to proceed on an uncontested basis and avoid further waste of judicial resources.