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    Sample cross-examination of James Smith (the respondent) byAngela Smith (the claimant)

    1. Please state your name for the record.

    2. Can you please confirm that you are the respondent in the Supreme Court file

    #________.

    3. You are working as an electrician for nland !lectrical Company" is that correct

    $. Your %oss&s name is Peter 'eft

    (. You started working for Peter 'eft in )cto%er 2*1*

    +. s it true that ,r. 'eft sometimes asks you to work on Saturdays

    -. ,r. 'eft sometimes asks you to work after ( p.m." isn&t that right

    . /ow often ha0e you worked past ( p.m. for ,r. 'eft in the last three months

    . /ow many of these times ha0e you worked until after +3* p.m.

    1*. s it true that you ha0e ne0er refused to work the o0ertime that ,r. 'eft reuested

    11. s it true that you ha0e ne0er started work as late as 3* a.m.

    12. s it true that you ha0e ne0er finished work as early as 3** p.m.

    13. 4he children attend after5school care during the weekdays when they are in your care"

    correct

    1$. 4hey are often the last children remaining at after5school care when you arri0e to pick

    them up" isn&t that right

    1(. Your cousin" 6wen Smith" sometimes has to pick the children up from after school care

    when you are working late" is that correct

    1+. /ow often in the last two months has your cousin had to pick the children up at after5

    school care due to your work schedule

    1-. s it true that you ha0e ne0er left work to take care of a sick child

    1. s it true that you ha0e ne0er left work to take one of the children to an appointment

    1. You ha0e dropped the children off at school late + times in the month of ,ay 2*1(" isn&t

    that correct

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    Sample questions for challenging a witness’s statement

    1. n direct e7amination" you stated that you only missed parenting time on two days since

    your separation in ,ay 2*1(" correct

    2. You spent three weeks in Septem%er 2*1( on a %usiness trip in the 8nited States" isthat right

    3. You only saw the children for one week in Septem%er" is that right

    $. You missed an entire week of parenting time in Septem%er

    Sample questions if you provide documents or other evidence tochallenge a witness’s statement

    4o use a document to confront a witness on an inconsistent statement" you must ha0e the

    witnessverify the document 9agree that it contains what they said: %efore you can challenge

    their statement. n some cases" you may use emails or te7t messages.

    1. You testified in direct e7amination that the claimant ne0er offered to gi0e you make5up

    parenting time for the time you missed during your %usiness trip in Septem%er 2*1(" is

    that true

    2. ;o you remem%er getting an email from the claimant on Septem%er 3*" 2*1( offering

    you make5up time for the week you missed while you were away

    3. am handing you an email dated Septem%er 3*" 2*1(" sent from the claimant&s email

    account. Can you confirm that the email address it was sent to is your email address s

    the email address it was sent from the claimant&s email address you use

    $. Please look at the first paragraph of the email and follow along as read it out loud. t

    says

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    1. ;o you remem%er making an affida0it on Ao0em%er -" 2*1(

    2. s this the affida0it you swore

    3. You swore it in front of =ack Sayward" a lawyer in Belowna" correct

    $. You knew when you signed the affida0it that you were swearing that the information in

    the affida0it was true

    (. am going to read paragraph of your affida0it out loud" if you can please read along

    with me. t says"  

    +. ;idn&t you testify in direct e7amination that you are currently in court proceedings

    %ecause you were charged with dri0ing under the influence of alcohol on =uly 1(" 2*1(