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Proportion of uncontested and contested active family court cases by type, selected provinces and territories, 2019/2020

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Divorce cases without additional issues Divorce cases with additional issues Custody/access cases Support-only cases 0 20 40 60 80 100 % Uncontested casesUncontested cases Contested casesContested cases
Note(s):
Child and family protection cases are excluded from the total active family caseload in 2019/2020. Additionally, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Manitoba are excluded as they do not report to the Civil Court Survey.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).

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Proportion of uncontested and contested active family court cases by type, selected provinces and territories, 2019/2020, %
  Uncontested cases Contested cases
Divorce cases without additional issues 88.14 11.86
Divorce cases with additional issues 49.37 50.63
Custody/access cases 56.30 43.70
Support-only cases 74.47 25.53
Note(s):
Child and family protection cases are excluded from the total active family caseload in 2019/2020. Additionally, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Manitoba are excluded as they do not report to the Civil Court Survey.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).
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