__NOTOC__ {{JP Boyd on Family Law How Do I TOC|expanded=other}}{{OKSUBSTANTIVEOKCOPY}}If you've found a mistake in an order that has been entered in court, whether an order of the Provincial Court or of the Supreme Court, you must apply to court to correct the order. Applications like these are limited to clerical errors or omissions; applying to correct an order is not a short cut to an appeal of the order! Applications to correct orders are usually limited to things such as misspellings, incorrect dates or bits of the oral order that were left out of the written order.

If you've found You <span class="noglossary">will</span> have to prepare a mistake in Notice of Motion to bring an application to correct an order that has been entered in court, whether an order of the Provincial Court or and a Notice of Application and affidavit to correct an order in the Supreme Court, . The notice <span class="noglossary">will</span> simply say that you must apply to court 're applying to correct the orderof judge or master so-and-so, made on such-and-such a date. Applications like these are limited to clerical errors or omissions; applying to correct an The affidavit <span class="noglossary">will</span> simply discuss the problem in the order is not a short cut to an appeal of and provide some proof about what the order! Applications ought to correct orders are usually limited to things say, such as misspellings, incorrect dates or bits of the oral order that were left out of court clerk's notes from the written orderoriginal hearing.

You In the Provincial (Family) Court, the application <span class="noglossary">will have to prepare a Notice </span> be made under Rule 18(8) of Motion to bring an application to correct an order in the Provincial Court and Family Rules, which gives a Notice of Application and affidavit to correct an order in judge the Supreme Court. The notice will simply say that you're applying authority to correct the order of judge "a clerical mistake or master so-and-so, made on such-and-such a date. The affidavit will simply discuss the problem omission in the an order and provide some proof about what the order ought to say, such as the court clerk's notes from the original hearing."

In the Provincial (Family) Supreme Court, the application <span class="noglossary">will </span> be made under Rule 15-1(18(8) of the Provincial Supreme Court Family Rules, also called the ''slip rule'', which gives a judge the court the authority to correct a "a clerical mistake " in an order resulting from "an accidental slip or omission in ." This rule also allows the court to amend an orderto decide an issue which should have been decided but wasn't. The scope of the Supreme Court rule is a bit broader than the Provincial Court rule."

In the Supreme Court{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[JP Boyd]], the application will be made under Rule 15-1(18) of the Supreme Court Family RulesMarch 24, also called the ''slip rule'', which gives the court the authority to correct a "clerical mistake" in an order resulting from "an accidental slip or omission." This rule also allows the court to amend an order to decide an issue which should have been decided but wasn't. The scope of the Supreme Court rule is a bit broader than the Provincial Court rule.2013}}

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