June 24, 2021 – To Disclose or Not to Disclose

“The most basic obligation in family law proceedings is the duty to disclose financial information and this obligation is immediate and ongoing: Roberts, at para. 11; Manchanda v. Thethi, 2016 ONCA 909, 84 R.F.L. (7th) 374, at para. 13, leave to appeal refused, [2017] S.C.C.A. No. 29. As this court in Manchanda stated, at para. 13, “after continual admonitions by the courts and the legislature that parties to a matrimonial proceeding must produce financial documentation, wilful non-compliance must be considered egregious and exceptional”, with the result that “[t]hose who choose not to disclose financial information or to ignore court orders will be at risk of losing their standing in the proceedings as their claims or answers to claims may be struck.””

         Martin v. Watts, 2020 ONCA 406 (CanLII) at 19