Step 6

Prepare the court documents

Now that you have started a family law case, if you and the other party agree on some temporary (non-final) orders, you can apply to the court to make those orders. These orders will remain in place until you come to some other agreement or until the court makes a final order.

To get a non-final order, you need to fill out:

• a Requisition for Consent Order or for Order Without Notice (Form F29) that tells the court what you want and what documents you are providing to support your application;
• an Affidavit (Form F30) to support the application that says you both agree to the order that you are proposing and explains why the order should be granted (see also the fact sheet Checklist of information to include in an affidavit or present in court); and
• a draft Consent Order (Form F33) that sets out what the court orders. You fill in all the details, and the judge signs it. The consent order you draft will become your non-final order, once the judge has signed it.

These forms have instructions to help you fill them out. You can either fill them out online or print them and fill them out by hand (print neatly using dark-coloured ink).

Important: At this time, earlier versions of Acrobat Reader and the Preview application on Mac computers (and some servers and the Google Chrome browser) don't support these new forms, so you may need to either update your Acrobat Reader or use a PC at your local library or a friend's place to access them.

Tip: To find out how the forms work, see the Supreme Court Civil and Family Forms "How To" Guide on the Court Services Branch website.

If you need help, see Filling out court forms — Who can help.

If you are in Vancouver and need help with these forms, the Vancouver Justice Access Centre Self-Help and Information Services can help you.