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To get to court, you must start a court proceeding and tell the court what you want. In the Provincial Court, proceedings are started with a court form called an Application to Obtain an Order. In the Supreme Court, the court form is called a Notice of Family Claim. In the Provincial Court, a person who starts a court proceeding is called the ''applicant''; in the Supreme Court, this person is the ''claimant''. | To get to court, you must start a court proceeding and tell the court what you want. In the Provincial Court, proceedings are started with a court form called an Application to Obtain an Order. In the Supreme Court, the court form is called a Notice of Family Claim. In the Provincial Court, a person who starts a court proceeding is called the ''applicant''; in the Supreme Court, this person is the ''claimant''. | ||
Once a court proceeding has started, the people against whom the proceeding has been brought can answer the claims being made and make new claims of their own | Once a court proceeding has started, the people against whom the proceeding has been brought can answer the claims being made and make new claims of their own. In the Supreme Court, two court forms can be used: a Response to Family Claim and a Counterclaim. In the Provincial Court, this answer is called a Reply, and this single form includes parts for both answering the claims made, and making new counterclaims. In the Supreme Court and in the Provincial Court, a person answering a court proceeding is called the ''respondent''. | ||
Applicants and respondents (in the Provincial Court), and claimants and respondents (in the Supreme Court), are called the ''parties'' to the court proceeding. | Applicants and respondents (in the Provincial Court), and claimants and respondents (in the Supreme Court), are called the ''parties'' to the court proceeding. | ||