Going to Supreme Court? Read this first!

Effective July 1, 2010, if you have a family law case in Supreme Court, you have to use new forms and follow new processes. (If you're not sure you have a Supreme Court case, see If you need to choose a court.)

If you're part-way through your case, you must start using the new forms and processes on/after July 1, 2010. You do not have to replace the old forms you already completed and filed unless unless the other party serves you with a Demand (Form F99) that requires you to do so.

We've updated and streamlined all the relevant self-help guides to follow the new rules. If you were using the old Supreme Court child support guide or the Provincial Court support orders guide, you can now use one of the guides listed under "Family orders" instead. We've also removed "How to deliver documents" as it's no longer relevant.

We've updated all the relevant fact sheets to follow the new rules and created a couple of new ones. We've removed "The difference between serving and delivering documents" as it's no longer relevant. We've also updated all the relevant FAQ and added a few new ones.

The Court forms page has been updated to link to the new forms and the former Instructions for court forms page has been converted to a Sample completed Supreme Court forms page that provides links to sample completed forms, mostly on JP Boyd's Family Law Resource website.

See below for more links to new material.

Self-help guides

How to get a copy of your marriage certificate

How to fill out a Notice of Family Claim (Form F3)

How to serve Provincial Court documents

How to serve Supreme Court documents

How to deal with a Judicial Case Conference

How to get a final family order if you and the other party agree

Fact sheets

Frequently asked technical questions about the Supreme Court family forms

Old Rules/New Rules in Supreme Court

Questions about the Supreme Court Family Rules in effect July 1, 2010

FAQ

See Court forms for three FAQ about the changes to the rules.

Court forms

Court forms: Note that the links go to PDF forms on the Court Services Branch website.

How to use the new Supreme Court family forms (video): This 10-minute video provides a technical introduction to some of the new XML-tagged PDF forms.

Frequently asked technical questions about the Supreme Court family forms (fact sheet): Answers to some of the common technical questions about these forms.

Sample forms

Sample completed Supreme Court forms: This page contains links to sample completed forms.