How Do I Reply to a Priority Parenting Matter Application in the Provincial Court?
 |
This page is ready for final edit. Content is up-to-date for the new Family Law Act but may have typos. Rollover definitions, links and formatting should be intact. |
Replying to the applicationEdit
The person making an interim application, the applicant, must serve you with his or her Notice of Motion in Form 16 at least 7 days before the date of the hearing, along with any other documents he or she will be using at the hearing. The hearing date will usually have been fixed by the court registry, not by the applicant.
There is no document that you must file to reply to the application, although it is possible to respond using the Reply used to respond to Applications to Obtain an Order. Whether you file a Reply or not, you must show up on the date set for the hearing or the court may make the order sought by the applicant. Make sure that you bring any important documents with you that will help at the hearing of the application.
The rulesEdit
- Rule 12: How to make an interim application
- Rule 13: The rule about affidavits.
- Rule 5: The Family Justice Registry rule
Further readingEdit
A more complete discussion of the interim application process and the different timelines and deadlines can be found in the pages on Interim Applications.
| This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by JP Boyd, March 24, 2013. |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JP Boyd on Family Law © John-Paul Boyd and Courthouse Libraries BC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada Licence.