Please be advised that Chief Justice Skolrood has issued Practice Direction 20 – French Language and Bilingual Divorce Act Proceedings, which provides guidance and timelines for matters addressed in Supreme Court Family Rule 20-7 (Divorce Act Proceedings) for the purpose of facilitating scheduling of Divorce Act proceedings conducted in whole or in part in the French language.
Chief Justice Skolrood has also amended the Litigants’ Guide to Judicial Case Conferences and the Judicial Case Conference Case Management Form, which are both referenced in FPD-12_Judicial_Case_Conferences.pdf.
Additionally, the Supreme Court’s website has been updated to include a new tab titled Instances en français (French Proceedings), as a repository for French language materials. The French Proceedings tab contains two subtabs, one for criminal law proceedings and one for Divorce Act proceedings, with relevant French language materials.
Please see the announcements on the Court’s website, here, for more information about these changes.