The
Superior Court of Justice is the
superior court of
general jurisdiction for the
Province of
Ontario,
Canada. It is the successor to the former
Ontario Court of Justice (General Division), and was created on April 19, 1999. Its predecessor, the Ontario Court (General Division) was the result of the 1990 merger of the previous High Court of Justice, District Court and Surrogate Court. The Superior Court of Justice continues as a superior
court of record with general and
inherent jurisdiction in all civil and
criminal matters. Its seat is at historic
Osgoode Hall in
Toronto, and the court has 8 regions province-wide.
The Superior Court of Justice is a division of the
Court of Ontario. (The other division of the Court of Ontario is the
Ontario Court of Justice.)
All civil matters are disposed of in the Superior Court, with the exception of
family law matters that are within the jurisdiction of the
Ontario Court of Justice. The Ontario Court of Justice is a lower court that took over the functions of the former Ontario Court (Provincial Division) in 1999. The Superior Court of Justice has sole jurisdiction in divorce cases and in family law matters where there are claims for the division of
matrimonial property. It also hears support and custody matters, generally when these have been included in a claim for divorce or where these claims have been joined to claim seeking a division of marital property.
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