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If you need to amend the claims set out in your notice of family claim or counterclaim, you should do so before you file the notice of trial. This is because Rule 8-1(1) of the Supreme Court Family Rules allows a party to amend their pleadings once without leave of the court as long as the amendment is done before the notice of trial is filed. Once the notice of trial is filed, a party (or their lawyer) can only make amendments with the agreement of the other party or an order of the court (Rule 8-1(1)).
=== Consider a section Section 211 (parenting capacityParenting Capacity) report or a views Views of the child Child report ===
In family law matters where guardianship and/or the children’s living arrangements are in dispute, one or both parties may request that a person be appointed to prepare a report pursuant to section 211 of the [[Family Law Act]]. That section empowers the court to direct a person approved by the court to conduct an investigation into: