===The court process in a nutshell===

<blockquote>'''The claimant starts the proceeding.''' The person who wants a court order, the ''claimant'', starts a court proceeding by filing a ''claim'' in court and serving the filed claim on the respondent. The claims says what orders the claimant wants the court to make. Serving the filed claim involves having the claim hand-delivered to the ''respondent'' by someone other than the claimant.</blockquote>