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==The Supreme Court==
If a court proceeding has been started against you are being sued in the Supreme Court, you are the ''respondent'' in a the proceeding. The person who started the court proceeding that has been started by is the ''claimant''. If you disagree with any of the orders the claimant is asking for, you must prepare a form called a ''Response to Family Claim'' in Form F4. You also prepare a form for Counterclaim if If there is an order are any orders you would like want to ask for, you can prepare a form called a ''Counterclaim'' in Form F5. These are special forms required by the [http://canlii.ca/t/8mcr Supreme Court Family Rules]. (These documents, together with the claimant's Notice of Family Claim, are called "pleadings.")
The primary [http://canlii.ca/t/8mcr main Supreme Court Family Rules] to review when responding about replying to a family claimNotice of Family Claim, preparing a counterclaimmaking your claims of your own against the claimant, and the steps leading up to trial management of court proceedings are:
*Rule 1-1: definitionsDefinitions*Rule 3-1: starting Starting a court proceeding*Rule 4-3: responding Responding to a claim*Rule 4-4: making Making a counterclaim*Rule 5-1: financial Financial disclosure*Rule 6-2: ordinary Ordinary service *Rule 7-1: Judicial Case Conferencescase conferences*Part 9: disclosure Disclosure and discovery of documents*Part 10: interim Interim applications and chambers procedure*Rule 11-4: discontinuing Discontinuing a court proceeding and withdrawing a response to one*Part 13: expert Expert witnesses*Rule 11-3: summary Summary trial procedure*Rule 14-7: trial Trial procedure*Rule 15-2.1: guardianship Guardianship orders
Links to and examples of the Response to Family Claim, Counterclaim and other court forms can be found in this resource under [[Supreme Court Forms (Family Law)]]. For a quick introduction to how to reply to a proceeding, see [[How Do I Respond to a Family Law Action in the Supreme Court?]]. It's located in the ''How Do I?'' Helpful Guides & Common Questions part of this resource.
===Quick tips: Defending an action in the Supreme Courtanswers for common questions===
The following tips issues are located addressed in the section ''Defending an Action in the ''[[JP_Boyd_on_Family_Law_—_How_Do_I%3F|How Do I?]]'' section of the Helpful Guides & Common Questions part of this resource:
* '''Can't pay your court fees:''' If you can't afford to pay court fees, you can apply to court to have those fees waived. This used to be called applying for ''indigent status'', but this term is no longer used. To find out more, see [[How Do I Waive Filing Fees in the Supreme Court?]]. If * '''Need to change something in your Response to Family Claim or Counterclaim:''' To find out what happens when you are granted indigent status need to change something in your Response to Family Claim or Counterclaim, see [[How Do I Change Something in My Response to Family Claim or Counterclaim?]].* '''Want to stop the court fees proceeding:''' You might want to stop defending the claimant's Notice of Family Claim or withdraw your Counterclaim if, for all or part of the proceeding will be waivedexample, you have reached a settlement. To find out morehow to do this, see [[How Do I Apply for Indigent Status Stop Defending a Family Law Action in the Supreme Court?]] .
You must file a Response to Family Claim at the court registry within 30 days of being served with the claimant's Notice of Family Claim.