Difference between revisions of "The Court System for Family Matters"

At the parties' first appearance before a judge, the judge may order the parties to attend a family case conference. A family case conference is a private meeting between the parties, their lawyers and a judge to talk about the legal issues and see whether any of them can be settled. In general, a judge will not make orders at a family case conference except with the parties' agreement. Family case conferences can be very helpful; there's more information about family case conferences in the chapter [[Resolving_Family_Law_Problems_in_Court|Resolving Problems in Court]] in the section on [[Case Conferences in a Family Law Matter|Case Conferences]].

Applications to change final orders are made by filing an Application to Change or Cancel an Order in Form 2 and serving on the other parties. The other parties have 30 days to reply by filing a Reply in Form 3.