Court forms

Use this special Affidavit to apply to become the guardian of a child if you are a parent who doesn't have guardianship or a non-parent (relative or non-relative) who wants to become the child's guardian. An affidavit is a written statement that contains facts that you swear or affirm to be true to support your case. See How can you become a guardian? for more information about how to apply for guardianship.

A document that states facts that you swear under oath or affirm to be true in front of a commissioner for taking affidavits (could be a lawyer or notary public). Use this form to create an affidavit:

• About income if you and the other party agree about the child support payor's income, but the payor doesn't have a copy of a recent income tax return/assessment to attach to the Agreement as to Annual Income (to explain why not).
• In response to an application for interim family orders (when the parties don't agree).
• In response to an application to change family orders for child or spousal support and/or parenting (when the parties don't agree).
• To apply for alternative (substituted) service if you're applying to a judge/master for permission to serve documents in a different way than what's set out in the court rules (for example, because the other party is avoiding service).
• To support an application for an interim family order (when the parties don't agree on the terms of the order).
• To support an application to change a family order for child or spousal support and/or parenting (when the parties don't agree).
• To postpone a Judicial Case Conference.

Use this form to list the facts that support your application for an order that says you don't have to pay court fees if you can't afford them. This affidavit must be sworn or affirmed.

Use this form to prove in court that court documents have been delivered to the person they're intended for according to the rules of court.

Use this form to prove in court that court documents have been personally delivered, by someone other than the parties involved, to the person they're intended for, according to the rules of court.

Use this form to set out the required facts of the marriage and separation, and to give information about the children, if any, in an application for an undefended (uncontested) sole or joint divorce. It may also be used to apply for a consent order if you've resolved all the issues in your case but don't need a divorce (because, for example, you aren't married).

Use this form if both parties agree on the income of the party who'll be paying child support. This form is simpler to complete than a Financial Statement (Form F8), and you won't need to swear or affirm the contents.

If you're going to Chambers, you need to create an Application Record, a loose-leaf ring binder that contains photocopies of the information and evidence you'll give to the judge/master. Use this form to create a cover page for the Application Record.

If you're going to Chambers, you need to create an Application Record, a loose-leaf ring binder that contains photocopies of the information and evidence you'll give to the judge/master. Use this form to create the table of contents and list all the documents in your Application Record.

This form proves that you're divorced. It is signed and issued by the court registrar after your divorce is final.

Use this form when you file your application for divorce. The court registrar must sign it to verify that your documents are in order before they send them to the judge.

Use this form to outline what financial arrangements have been made for the children if you're applying for an undefended (uncontested) sole or joint divorce or to get a final consent order when all the issues are settled and you don't need a divorce.

Use this form if you're applying for an interim order or an order to change a final order, and you and the other party agree on what the order should say.

Use this form to ask the court to make the orders you want for child or spousal support, parenting, or about family property or debt if you're responding to a Notice of Family Claim (F3). This document tells the court more about you and your spouse, the details of your marriage (relationship) and separation, and everything that you want the court to order.

If you want the other party to use the new forms instead of documents filed before July 1, 2010, you can complete and serve a Demand (F99) on the other party, and the other party must file the requested document within 21 days of being served with the Demand.

Use this form to confirm that the document you've e-filed shows your original signature and is a true copy of the original paper version of the document that you filed electronically.

Use this form as a cover sheet when faxing documents to the court registry.

Use this form to set out the details of what you are asking the court to order after a hearing (except for a changed order, interim order, or order made without notice and without a hearing). For example, use it if you're making a joint or sole application for an undefended divorce. This form will become the final order for your divorce once it has been signed by the judge.

Use this form to tell the judge/master about your income, expenses, assets, and debts. Must be filed in some cases if you apply for child support, and in all cases when you apply for or respond to an application for spousal support or respond to an application for child support. See How to deal with a Supreme Court Financial Statement (Form F8) for information on how to fill out this form and what to do with it.

This isn't actually a form, but rather a guide to Judicial Case Conferences (JCC). Read it to prepare for your JCC.

Use this form to let the other party know that you've filed a Notice of Family Claim (F3) or Counterclaim (F5) by publishing a "legal notice" in, for example, the classified section of the local newspaper. The court may allow this alternative method of personal service if the person to be served can't be found or is avoiding service of the documents.

Use this form to add or change the address at which you want to have documents served on you. You must fill out the form, file it at the court registry, and have it served on the other party before the change will take effect.

Use this form if you've filed a Notice of Family Claim (F3) and are applying for an interim order or if you're applying to change an order. It sets out what type of order you want, what evidence you'll use, what the legal basis is for the order, and how long you think the hearing will take.

Use this form to end all or part of a family law case. This notice can be given only if a Notice of Trial (F44) hasn't been filed.

Use this form to start most family law cases, including an application for parenting, child or spousal support, or family property and debt orders. It sets out information about you and the other party, your relationship, and the final orders you want. If you're applying jointly with your spouse for a divorce, use a Notice of Joint Family Claim (F1).

Tip: The five schedules are in the PDF form but they don't appear when you first open the file. To make them appear, either:

• Click "Fill In Form" at the top of the form, then tick the appropriate boxes under "My Claims" on page 2 (as soon as you tick each of the first five options, the schedule for that option appears at the bottom of the form). OR
• Click "Prepare Paper Copy" at the top of the form and all five of the schedules will appear so you can print the form and fill it out by hand.

Use this form if there's been a delay of a year or more in your Supreme Court action (that is, no step has been taken) and you want to start it up again. This form notifies the other party that you want to continue with the court action, even though you may seem to have abandoned it.

Use this form to start an application for an undefended divorce if you're applying jointly with your spouse. You must agree on how to settle all your issues. This form sets out information about you and the other party, about your relationship, and about the final order you want.

Tip: The five schedules are in the PDF form but they don't appear when you first open the file. To make them appear, either:

• Click "Fill In Form" at the top of the form, then tick the appropriate boxes under "I am asking for the following:" on page 1 (as soon as you tick each of the first five options, the schedule for that option appears at the bottom of the form). OR
• Click "Prepare Paper Copy" at the top of the form and all five of the schedules will appear so you can print the form and fill it out by hand.

File this form at the court registry to request a date and time for your Judicial Case Conference (JCC) and give it to the other party to let them know the date and time of the JCC. You're required to set and attend a JCC before applying for most contested family orders. There are some exceptions. See the relevant self-help guide for more information.

Use this form if you change your mind and want to withdraw your Response to Family Claim (F4) or any of the individual claims made in your Response.

Use this form if you decide you disagree with any claim filed in a Notice of Joint Family Claim (F1), and you no longer agree on the orders you want the court to make.

Use this form when you change your mind about any claim filed in a Notice of Family Claim (F3), a Response to Family Claim (F4), a Counterclaim (F5), or a Response to Counterclaim (F6) and you want to officially withdraw something you have put in one of these documents.

Use this form when you apply for an interim order or an order to vary (change) an existing order and the other party doesn't agree. Set out the details of what you want the judge to order. If the judge/master decides to grant the order you asked for, he or she will sign the form and it will become an official court order.

Use this form when you apply for an order without providing notice to the other party. Set out the details of what you want the judge/master to order. If the judge/master decides to grant the order you ask for, he or she will sign the form and it will become an official court order.

Use this form to draft the details of what you want the judge to order when you apply for an order to waive fees because you can't afford to pay court fees. If the judge/master decides to grant the order you ask for, he or she will sign the form and it will become an official court order.

Use this form to start some types of family law cases, including when you apply to change a support or custody order made under the Divorce Act by a court outside BC if there is no existing family law case in BC. Other types of cases started by petition are listed in Supreme Court Family Rule 3-1.

Use this form to set out the details of what you want the court to order when you apply for an order to protect you or a family member. If the judge/master decides to grant the order you ask for, he or she will sign the form and it will become an official court order.

Use this requisition to request something from the court or to accompany documents you're filing (for example, when you apply for a consent order or to apply for an exemption from a JCC. The self-help guides on this site set out when you need to use a Requisition (F17).

Use this requisition for an undefended (uncontested) family law case (for example, a desk order divorce). This form lists the documents that are filed with your application for an undefended family law case. You must file all the necessary documents or your application will be rejected.

Use this requisition when you apply for an order where both parties agree or where no notice has been given to the other party. Use the requisition to inform the court registry that you're applying for one of these orders.

Use this form to respond to the other party's Counterclaim (F5).

Use this form to respond to the other party's Notice of Family Claim (F3).

If your spouse continues to fail to pay child/spousal support (maintenance), use this form to ask the judge/master to order your spouse to attend a court hearing and explain. If your spouse doesn’t appear, he or she can be arrested and jailed.

If your spouse fails to pay support/maintenance, use this form to ask the judge/master to order your spouse to attend a court hearing and explain.

Use this special Affidavit to apply to become the guardian of a child if you are a parent who doesn't have guardianship or a non-parent (relative or non-relative) who wants to become the child's guardian. An affidavit is a written statement that contains facts that you swear or affirm to be true to support your case. See How can you become a guardian? for more information about how to apply for guardianship.

Use this form to create a document that states facts that you want to present to the court when you apply for an order (for example, for guardianship or support) and that you swear under oath or affirm to be true. A lawyer, notary public, or commissioner for taking affidavits must witness your signature.

Use this form to apply to change, terminate (end), or suspend (put on hold) an existing Provincial Court order, or to set aside a part of, or replace, an agreement, if your circumstances have changed since the order was made/agreement was filed.

Use this form to apply for a new order in Provincial Court, including an order for parenting or child or spousal support. It sets out information about you and the other party, your relationship, and the final orders you want.

Use this form as part of your application for an order when you and the other party agree on the terms of your court order.

Use this form to draft an order when you and the other party agree on the terms of your court order. Once the judge signs it, this becomes your consent order.

Use this Provincial Court form to tell the judge about your income, expenses, assets, and debts. Must be filed in some cases if you apply for child support, and in all cases when you apply for or respond to an application for spousal support or respond to an application for child support. See How to deal with a Provincial Court Financial Statement (Form 4) for information on how to fill out this form and what to do with it.

Use this form to let the other party know that you've filed an application for a Provincial Court order by publishing a "legal notice" in, for example, the classified section of the local newspaper. The court may allow this alternative method of personal service if the person to be served can't be found or is avoiding service of the documents.

Use this form to apply for an interim or procedural order in Provincial Court after you’ve started your case by filing either an Application to Obtain an Order or an Application Respecting Existing Orders or Agreements.

Use this form to ask a judge to make an order to deal with any side issue related to enforcing a maintenance order.

This form sets out conditions for the person named in the order to follow that are meant to protect a family member from family violence. When the judge makes the protection order, the court clerk fills out the form and, once the judge signs it, it becomes an official court order.

Use this form to confirm that you met with a family justice counsellor and to set out the results of that meeting.

Use this form to respond to an application in Provincial Court for a new order (or to change an order) by the other party. In this form, you can explain what parts of the application you agree with and what parts you don’t agree with. You can also ask the court to make the orders you want by filling out the Counterclaim portion of the form.

Use this form to request a desk consent order, so that a court appearance isn’t required.

Use this form to provide financial information to the Family Maintenance Enforcement Program (FMEP) if you are a maintenance payor and your maintenance order is enrolled with the FMEP.