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

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 ====Procedure====
-Most Supreme Court family law proceedings are started by filing in court a Notice of Family Claim in Form F3. The person who starts a proceeding by a Notice of Family Claim is the ''claimant'', and the person against whom the claim is brought is the ''respondent''.
+Most Supreme Court family law proceedings are started by filing in court a Notice of Family Claim in Form F3. The person who starts a proceeding by a Notice of Family Claim is the ''claimant'', and the person against whom the claim is brought is the ''respondent''. In certain unusual cases, a proceeding can also be started by filing in court a Petition in Form F73. Someone starting a proceeding with a Petition is the ''petitioner'', and the other party is the ''petition respondent''.
-In certain unusual cases, a proceeding can also be started by filing in court a Petition in Form F73. Someone starting a proceeding with a Petition is the ''petitioner'', and the other party is the ''petition respondent''.
 Notices of Family Claim and Petitions must be personally served on the other party by an adult other than the claimant or petitioner.