Apply for a family law protection order without notice
Step-by-step guide to apply for a court order to protect yourself or your family from a family member, partner, or relative.
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Change a family order in Supreme Court if you both agree
How to apply to change an existing Supreme Court order if you both agree.
Get a family order in Provincial Court if you both agree
How to apply for a final family consent order about parenting, support, or property.
Get an order to waive fees
How to apply for a court order called "an order to waive fees" that will excuse you from having to pay court fees if you can't afford them.
Attend a committal hearing (for payors) (BCFMA)
How to prepare for a committal hearing, options to avoid the hearing, what you have to explain to the judge, how to apply to change an order, and how the judge might rule at the hearing.
Enforce a parenting agreement or order in Provincial Court
Apply for a court order to enforce your parenting order.
Get an interim family order in Supreme Court if you both agree
Step-by-step guide for how to get a temporary order for parenting or support arrangements until a judge can make a final family order.
Change a family order in Supreme Court if you can't both agree
How to apply to change an existing order.
Get an interim family order in Supreme Court if you can't both agree
Step-by-step guide for how to get a temporary (interim) court order in Supreme Court for parenting or support arrangements until a judge can make a final order.
Set aside all or part of an agreement in Supreme Court
How to ask the Supreme Court to change an agreement by replacing all or part of it with a new court order.
Enforce a parenting agreement or order in Supreme Court
How to apply for a court order to enforce your parenting order.
Respond if you've been served with Form 3
How to respond to your former partner's request for the court to change an agreement by replacing all or part of it with a new court order.
Respond if you've been served with Form 10, 12, 15, 16, 29, or 35
Helps you prepare for and respond to the other parent's application to enforce an existing parenting agreement or order.
Respond to an application to get an interim family order in Supreme Court
Step-by-step guide for people who want to get an interim family order in the Supreme Court of BC, and if you and the other party don't agree on what the order should say. Includes parenting orders, orders for child or spousal support, and orders about property
Respond to an application to get a new order in Supreme Court
Steps to take to respond before the other person can apply for a divorce or family orders about parenting or support.
Respond to an application to change a family order in Supreme Court
How to respond to an application to change an existing family law court order.
Respond to an application to enforce a parenting agreement or order in Supreme Court
Step-by-step guide for how to apply for a court order to enforce your parenting order or agreement in Supreme Court.
Respond to an application to set aside all or part of an agreement in Supreme Court
How to respond to an application to change an agreement by replacing all or part of it with a new Supreme Court order.
Get a case management order with notice
Step-by-step guide to how to apply for a case management order, including links to forms, instructions, giving the documents to the other person, and attending the hearings.
Get a case management order without notice
Step-by-step guide to how to apply for a case management order without advising the other person. Includes links to forms and instructions for filling out the forms and filing them with the court.
Court documents
Serve Supreme Court documents by ordinary service
How to get documents to the other party/parties in your Supreme Court case by ordinary service.
Serve Supreme Court documents by personal service
How to get documents to the other party/parties in your Supreme Court case by personal service.
Serve documents outside BC by personal service (Provincial or Supreme)
How to get documents to other party/parties outside BC in your Supreme or Provincial Court case by personal service.
Serve Provincial Court documents by ordinary or personal service
How to get documents to the other person in your Provincial Court case.
Arrange for alternative service (Provincial Court)
Step-by-step instructions for how to ask the court to allow you to serve Provincial Court documents by an alternative method, if the other person is avoiding service or not available.
Arrange for alternative service (Supreme Court)
Step-by-step instructions for how to ask the court to allow you to serve Supreme Court documents by an alternative method, if the other person is avoiding service or not available.
Get a case management order with notice
Step-by-step guide to how to apply for a case management order, including links to forms, instructions, giving the documents to the other person, and attending the hearings.
Get a case management order without notice
Step-by-step guide to how to apply for a case management order without advising the other person. Includes links to forms and instructions for filling out the forms and filing them with the court.
Court processes
Serve Supreme Court documents by ordinary service
How to get documents to the other party/parties in your Supreme Court case by ordinary service.
Serve Supreme Court documents by personal service
How to get documents to the other party/parties in your Supreme Court case by personal service.
Serve documents outside BC by personal service (Provincial or Supreme)
How to get documents to other party/parties outside BC in your Supreme or Provincial Court case by personal service.
Schedule and prepare for your Supreme Court trial
The steps required to prepare for and schedule a Supreme Court trial, with a timeline of significant deadlines, plus videos about the Supreme Court process.
Get a new family order in Provincial Court if you can’t agree
Steps to take to apply for a new order about guardianship, parenting, contact, or support in Provincial Court.
Change a final order or set aside an agreement in Provincial Court if you can’t agree
Steps to change an existing Provincial Court family order or set aside an existing agreement.
Start a family law case to get a new order in Supreme Court
Steps to take before you can apply for a divorce or other family orders about parenting or support.
Change a support order under the Divorce Act made outside BC if you can't both agree
Step-by-step guide for how to apply to a BC court to change a child or spousal support order made under the Divorce Act in a divorce proceeding in another province.
Request a Judicial Case Conference
Step-by-step guide for how to schedule and prepare for a Judicial Case Conference with a judge or master in Supreme Court.
Serve Provincial Court documents by ordinary or personal service
How to get documents to the other person in your Provincial Court case.
Arrange for alternative service (Provincial Court)
Step-by-step instructions for how to ask the court to allow you to serve Provincial Court documents by an alternative method, if the other person is avoiding service or not available.
Respond to a Notice of Judicial Case Conference
Step-by-step guide for how to respond if you've been served with Notice of Judicial Case Conference, plus tips to prepare and attend the meeting.
Court forms
Complete a Supreme Court Financial Statement (Form F8)
When to prepare a Supreme Court Financial Statement, how to fill it out, and what documents to include.
Complete a Supreme Court Notice of Intention to Proceed (Form F48)
How to use this form if there's been a long delay in your Supreme Court case and you want to start it up again.
Complete a Provincial Court Financial Statement (Form 4)
When to prepare a Provincial Court Financial Statement form, how to fill it out, and what documents to include.
Get a case management order with notice
Step-by-step guide to how to apply for a case management order, including links to forms, instructions, giving the documents to the other person, and attending the hearings.
Get a case management order without notice
Step-by-step guide to how to apply for a case management order without advising the other person. Includes links to forms and instructions for filling out the forms and filing them with the court.
Legal agreements
Respond if you've been served with Form 10, 12, 15, 16, 29, or 35
Helps you prepare for and respond to the other parent's application to enforce an existing parenting agreement or order.
Respond to an application to enforce a parenting agreement or order in Supreme Court
Step-by-step guide for how to apply for a court order to enforce your parenting order or agreement in Supreme Court.
Separation & divorce
How to get a divorce
Sole application for an uncontested divorce
Step-by-step guide for how to apply for an uncontested (undefended) divorce in BC. Includes links to all the forms you need to complete your sole application for your desk-order divorce.
Joint application for an uncontested divorce
Step-by-step guide for how to apply for an uncontested (undefended) divorce in BC. Includes links to all the forms you need to complete your joint application for your desk-order divorce when you and your spouse agree on all your separation issues.