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==Step 7: Respondent files the court forms and pays (or waives) the court fees==
==Step 7: Respondent files the court forms and pays (or waives) the court fees==
Make copies: After you have completed all the court forms, if you did so electronically, print them and sign the ones that require your signature (such as the Response to Family Claim, Form F4, Counterclaim, Form F5, Registration of Divorce, and the CPL, Land Title Act Form 33). Make the following copies:
===Make copies===
a. three copies of the Family Claim, Form F4: one is for your records, one is to be served on the Claimant (see “___”, below), and the other is to be attached to the Affidavit of Service (see “__”, below).
After you have completed all the court forms, print them and sign the ones that require your signature. Make the following copies:
* Make two additional copies of the Form F4 Response to Family Claim: The original is filed with the court, and the court staff will stamp the other copies and give them back to you. Keep one for your records, and save one to be served on the claimant (by way of ''ordinary service'', as opposed to ''personal service'').
* If you are requesting an order for divorce (and if the other side has not), make a copy of the Registration of Divorce Proceeding online form: The original is filed with the court, and one copy is for your records.
* If you are filing a CPL: The original is for the court, one copy is for your records, and the other is to be filed against the claimant's interest in the title of the property.
 


b. Two copies of the Registration of Divorce Proceeding online form and the CPL, Land Title Act Form 33), if you asked for a divorce and the other party did not: the original is for the court, the copies are for your records.




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