* '''Want to stop the court proceeding:''' You might want to stop defending the claimant's Notice of Family Claim or withdraw your Counterclaim if, for example, you have reached a settlement. To find out how to do this, see [[How Do I Stop Defending a Family Law Action in the Supreme Court?]]
===Preparing, filing and serving delivering the Response to Family Claim===
You If you disagree with any of the orders the claimant is asking for in their Notice of Family Claim, 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.
The Notice of Family Claim sets out describes the basic history of the parties' your relationship and provides an outline of the orders the claimant would like the court to make. Your Response to Family Claim says which of the claimant's claims lets you agree with and which you oppose, and which of the facts set out in the Notice of Family Claim are inaccurate.:
The form you must use #consent to some or all of the orders the claimant is Form F4asking for;#object to some or all of the orders the claimant is asking for; and, #say which of the facts set out in the Supreme Court Notice of Family Rules. This is a special form of response used only in family law casesClaim are inaccurate.
The form you must use is Form F4, set out in the [http://canlii.ca/t/8mcr Supreme Court Family Rules]. This is a special form of response used only in family law cases. Your Response to Family Claim must be filed in the same court registry and be served on that the claimant by ordinary serviceNotice of Family Claim was filed in. It currently <span class="noglossary">costs</span> $25 to file a Response to Family Claim. When you file any document in Supreme Court (including the Response to Family Claim), the registry will keep the original of the document, so you will want to make and keep at least two additional copies (one for you to keep and one to give to the other party). Ordinary service means sending a copy of the filed response to the claimant at any of the addresses for service identified in the Notice of Family Claim.
===PreparingYou must serve the claimant with a copy of your filed Response to Family Claim by ordinary service. When you file any document in Supreme Court, including your Response to Family Claim, the registry will keep the original of the document, filing so you will want to make and keep at least two additional copies — one for you to keep and serving one to serve on the claimant. ''Ordinary service'' means sending a counterclaim===copy of the filed response to the claimant at any of the addresses for service they provided in their Notice of Family Claim.
If there are any orders you would like to ask for===Preparing, you may file filing and delivering a Counterclaim at the court registry within 30 days of being served with the claimant's Notice of Family Claim. Your Counterclaim describes the additional orders you would like the court to make.===
It can be very important If there are any orders you want to ask for, you may file a ''Counterclaim if you want '' at the court to make an order on different terms or about a different issue than the claims made in the Notice registry within 30 days of Family Claim. Think of it like this: your Response to Family Claim is your defence to the claims made by being served with the claimant in their Notice of Family Claim. Your Response to Family Claim doesn't ask for anything; it just says what A Counterclaim lets you do and don't agree with. Unless a Counterclaim is filed, describe the only person asking for any orders is the claimant. If you are successful in your defence, there may be no claims left for would like the court to make an order about.
Rule 4-4 of It can be very important to prepare a Counterclaim if you want the Supreme Court Family Rules provides information court to make an order on different terms, or about Counterclaims. The form you must use is Form F5different issues, set out than the orders described in the Supreme Court Notice of Family RulesClaim. Think of it like this. This Your Response to Family Claim is a special form your defence to the claims made by the claimant in their Notice of counterclaim used in family law casesFamily Claim. Additional pages that require more detailed information must be added Your Response to Family Claim doesn't ask for anything; it just says what orders you do and don't agree with. Unless a Counterclaim is filed, the Counterclaim when only person asking for anything is the claimant. If you are asking successful in your defence, there may be no claims left for orders the court to make an order about:.
*divorce,*children, including child support,*spousal support,*the division Rule 4-4 of property and debt, and*other orders, like protection orders or orders for the change Supreme Court Family Rules provides information about Counterclaims. The form you must use is Form F5. This is a special form of a person's namecounterclaim used in family law cases.Additional pages that require more detailed information must be added to the Counterclaim when you are asking for orders about:
The Counterclaim must be filed in #divorce;#the court registry care of children and be served on child support;#spousal support;#the claimant by ordinary service. It currently <span class="noglossary">costs</span> $200 to file a Counterclaim. When you file any document in Supreme Court (including the Counterclaim)division of property and debt; and,#orders about other subjects, like orders for the registry will keep the original protection of the document, so you will want to make and keep at least two additional copies (one people or orders for you to keep and one to give to the other party)change of a person's name.
Your Counterclaim must be filed in the court registry and be served on the claimant by ordinary service. To save a little bit money and time, you'd normally want to serve the claimant with your Response to Family Claim and Counterclaim at the same time. It currently <span class===Deadline for reply==="noglossary">costs</span> $200 to file a Counterclaim.
===The applicant's Response to Counterclaim=== The claimant has 30 days to complete and file a ''Response to Counterclaim'' in Form F6 after being served with the respondent's your Counterclaim. Very few people bother to file a Response to Counterclaim. Many Most claimants would only go to the trouble of preparing a response if there was something really unusual or unexpected in the your Counterclaim.
===The next steps===
Contesting Disagreeing with the orders the claimanthas asked for, or asking for orders of your own, doesn's claims and filing a Response to Family Claim or Counterclaim does not t necessarily mean you will wind up in a trial. One of three things is going to happen in your court proceeding:
#Youyou'll settle your disagreement out of court, and come up with either a ''separation agreement'' or an order that you both agree the court should make, called a ''consent order''.#You wonyou't ll not be able to agree, and the intervention of the court will need to decide what should happen in your case at a ''trial.'' will be required; or,#After after some initial scuffles, neither you nor the claimant respondent will take any further steps in the court proceeding and the proceeding will languish.
For more information on Again, I hope it'll be the next steps in a family law proceeding, see [[Overview of Case Conferences and Discovery in Family Law Matters]] in this chapterfirst.
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