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If you are not in Surrey or Victoria, and a court proceeding has been started against you in the Provincial Court, you are the ''respondent'' in the proceeding. The person who started the court proceeding by filing a [[PCFR Form 3 Application About a Family Law Matter|Form 3]] is the ''applicant''. If you agree with the orders the applicant is asking for, doing nothing is the fastest way to handle things and you should let the applicant know that you're okay with the orders they're asking for. On the other hand, if you only partly agree or if you completely disagree with what the applicant is asking for, you should prepare a ''[[PCFR Form 6 Reply to an Application About a Family Law Matter|Reply to an Application About a Family Law Matter]]'' in Form 6. This is a special form required by the [http://canlii.ca/t/b8rn Provincial Court Family Rules].
You can learn more about the Provincial Court's procedure from Legal Aid BC's Family Law website. Read , in particular the resource called ''[https://family.legalaid.bc.ca/bc-legal-system/ive-been-served-court-form/served-provincial-court-form/respond-to-form-3 Respond if you've been served with Form 3]''.
===Limitations of the Provincial Court===