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===A few definitions===
<blockquote>'''Family Law Proceeding.law proceeding:''' A court action, also known as a lawsuit, proceeding that it is started to resolve a family law dispute, and other civil claims related to that dispute.</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Claimant/or Applicant.:''' The person or people who start starts a court proceeding in the Supreme Court are is the claimants''claimant''. In the Provincial Court, this person is the ''applicant''. In family law proceedings, there is usually only one claimant. (In this section, "claimant " refers to both claimants and applicants.)</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Respondent.:''' The person or people against whom a court proceeding is brought are the ''respondents. In family law proceedings, there is usually only one respondent''.</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Parties.:''' The claimant and the respondent are , together, called the ''parties '' to the court proceeding.</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Claim/or Application.:''' The document that is filed to start a court proceeding in the Supreme Court is a ''Notice of Family Claim ('' or , less often, a ''Petition)''. In the Provincial Court, court proceedings are started with an ''Application to Obtain an Order '' or an ''Application to Change or Cancel an Order. '' (In this section, "claim " refers to all of these documents.)</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Replyand Counterclaim.''' A respondent who objects to all or some of the orders sought by the a claimant in the Supreme Court will file a ''Response to Family Claim '' and sometimes a ''Counterclaim if the ''. A Counterclaim lets a respondent wants to advance make claims on of their ownagainst a claimant. In the Provincial Court, the a respondent will file a ''Reply'', which includes a section to complete make a counterclaimagainst an applicant. (In this section, "reply " refers to all of these documents.)</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Pleadings.''' The basic documents that frame are used to start and reply to a legal dispute (i.e., that list the issues that need to be resolved) court proceeding are called the ''pleadings''. In most Supreme Court family law proceedings, the pleadings are the Notice of Family Claim, the Response to Family Claim, and also , usually , a Counterclaim. In most Provincial Court proceedings, the pleadings are the Application to Obtain an Order and the Reply.</blockquote> <blockquote>'''Trial:''' The formal hearing of a claim, a response to a claim and a counterclaim by a judge, following which the judge makes an order resolving all of the claims and counterclaims made in the court proceeding.</blockquote>
===Court procedure in a nutshell===