DEFINITIONS
These rules govern procedure in all family law courts.
What is the Family Law Rules?
This is the primary objective of the Family Law Rules.
This is the form used to start a case.
What is a Form 8 - Application?
What is 60 days?
This program is mandatory for parties to a case and provides information about separation and the legal process.
What is a Mandatory Information Program?
These are the parties to a family law case.
Who are the Applicant and the Respondent?
Where a case is to be started under Rule 5 of the Family Law Rules
What is in the municipality where a party resides, if the case deals with decision-making responsibility, parenting time or contact, in the municipality where the child habitually resides; or in a municipality chosen by all parties, but only with the court’s permission?
This is the form completed by the Respondent that responds to claims made in an Application.
What is the Form 10 - Answer?
After receiving a Notice of Approaching Dismissal, the parties have _____ days to take action.
What is 60 days?
These types of cases are given a first court date at the time the application is filed.
What are fast track cases?
A courts permanent record of a case.
How amendments are shown on family law documents.
What is underlining all changes, and the rule or order permitting the amendment and the date of the amendment shall be noted in the margin of each amended page?
This form is sent to the parties if their case has not been scheduled for trial within 365 days from the time the case is started.
What is Form 39 - Notice of Approaching Dismissal?
Parties have ____ days to complete a Mandatory Information Program after the case is started.
What is 45 days?
This is the first time the parties to a case sit down with a judge.
What is the Case Conference?
Handing a document to a person is an example of this type of service.
What is Special Service?
If an Answer has been filed, an applicant may amend the application without the court’s permission by doing this.
What is getting consent of the other party and serving and filing an amended application in the manner set out in rule 8?
This is the form completed to prove a document was served.
What is a Form 6B - Affidavit of Service?
Notice of a motion must be served not later than six days before the motion date (see subrule 14 (11)). Sally is served on Monday. The earliest day the motion may be heard on is __________________.
What is the second following Tuesday?
Cases that involve divorce or division of property are on this track.
What is the standard track?
A period of time that is less than seven days.
What is a Short Period?
The requirements for a Support Enforcement Continuing Record are set out in this document.
This is the form completed by the Applicant if there are additional claims made in a Form 10 - Answer.
What is the Form 10A - Reply?
An Applicant has ____ days to complete a Reply when additional claims are made in an Answer.
What is 10 days?
What are fast track cases?