What is the test for striking a father’s answer in a family law case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chiaramonte v Chiaramonte, 2016 ONSC 7328 (CanLII):
In Cook v. Cook 2011 CarswellOnt 3230, Backhouse J., stated, at paragraph 7, “This case has all the hallmarks of a party who has adopted a scorched earth policy and is seeking to run the other party out of money in order to force her to give up her claims. I find that the father’s answer (other than his claims regarding custody/access) shall be struck pursuant to Rule 14(23) of the Family Law Rules.”
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