Is a petition to be converted to an action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Weisstock v Weisstock, 2022 BCSC 209 (CanLII):
The issue on whether or not the petition needs to be converted to an action is not simply a matter of identifying contested factual issues. Not every disputed fact necessarily requires a trial. In Ghag v. Ghag, 2021 BCCA 106 [Ghag], Madam Justice Griffin held the following at paras. 43 and 44:
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