What is the test for disclosure in the context of the Family Law Rules?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lopes v. Glover, 2020 ONSC 4915 (CanLII):
Although full and frank disclosure is a fundamental tenant of the Family Law Rules, there is also an element of proportionality, common sense and fairness built into the rules. Fairness and some degree of genuine relevance, which is the ability of the evidence to contribute to the fact-finding process, are factors: Boyd v. Fields, [2006] O.J. No. 5762 at para. 12.
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