When is the deadline for file and notify the respondent's brief?
The catalogue records a 2 months period from Filing of the appellant's brief. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
Source guide
This procedure has a variable, discretionary or order-dependent boundary. This page explains the recorded trigger and period, but does not invent an automated date.
Example pending review
A separately reviewed fixture is required before this question can become indexable. The page does not present an unreviewed output as an example.
Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 2 months
- Trigger
- Filing of the appellant's brief
- Counting
- The encoded calculator method must be independently documented before publication.
- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
Open recorded source. Code of Civil Procedure, CQLR c C-25.01, arts 373 and 376. Code of Civil Procedure, chapter C-25.01, official French and English consolidations current to 1 April 2026. The Quebec statutory holiday calendar is not bundled, so the raw expiry must be checked and rolled under article 83 where required.
- A case-management decision prevails. A judge may extend only if asked before expiry. Article 376 bars a late respondent from filing and being heard unless authorized.
- Article 373's phrase “within the following two months” is applied from filing of the appellant's brief. The Quebec Court of Appeal civil guide expressly identifies that filing date as the respondent's trigger.