If you are being sued in the Supreme Court, you are the Respondent in the court proceeding started by the Claimant's action. The court form If you disagree with any of the orders the Claimant is asking for, you must prepare is a ''Response to Family Claim; you may ''. You can also prepare a form called a ''Counterclaim '' if there is a claim an order you would like to make against the Claimantask for. These documents, and the Claimant's Notice of Family Claim, are called pleadings.

The primary rules about Responses to Family Claim and Counterclaims, and defending a law suit court proceeding and trials are:

*Rule 1-1: definitions*Rule 3-1: commencing an action*Rule 4-1: starting an action*Rule 4-3: Responses to Family Claim*Rule 4-4: Counterclaims*Rule 5-1: financial disclosure*Rule 6-3: personal service*Rule 7-1: Judicial Case Conferences*Part 9: disclosure and discovery of documents*Part 10: chambers procedure*Rule 11-4: discontinuing an action*Part 13: expert witnesses*Rule 11-3: summary trial procedure*Rule 14-7: trial procedure A link to the Supreme Court Family Rules is provided in the section Resources & Linkspage ____ , and much more detailed information about the rules is available in New Rules 101_____.