(FSJC)File and serve

File and serve

You'll need

  • $80 for the filing fee
  • The original and three copies of your Notice of Judicial Case Conference, with completed cover pages
  • Your completed Financial Statement, if required
  • The other person's copies of the Litigants' Guide and Case Management Plan
  • The other person's address for service
  • A blank Affidavit of Ordinary Service (Form F16)
  • Someone to swear or affirm your affidavit, such as a lawyer, notary public, or commissioner
  • Money to pay the fee to have your affidavit sworn
You must file and serve your Notice of Judicial Case Conference (Form F19) at least 30 days before your Judicial Case Conference (JCC). If you're required to provide a Financial Statement (Form F8), you must file and serve it at least seven days before your JCC.

File your documents

At least 30 days before your JCC, file the original Notice of Judicial Case Conference (Form F19) at the court registry where the Notice of Family Claim (Form F3) was filed. You'll need to pay an $80 filing fee. You can file your Financial Statement (Form F8), if required, at the same time.

The registry staff will stamp the documents with the date, the court seal, and a file number. They'll keep the original and give the stamped copies back to you.

Serve your documents by ordinary service

You can serve your Notice of Judicial Case Conference and Financial Statement (if required), and any attachments by ordinary service. This means that the documents can be:

See our step-by-step guide Serve Supreme Court documents by ordinary service for more instructions.

Which method should you use?

The method you use will depend on the type of information the other person listed in their address for service on their own court documents. You can only serve a document to an address they've listed.

It might also depend on how much time you have until your scheduled JCC. The other person must receive the documents at least 30 days before your JCC, and some methods take longer than others.

A document that's emailed, faxed, or left at a person's address for service is considered served on that day if it's served at or before 4 pm on a business day (Monday to Friday). If it's left after 4 pm or on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, it's considered served on the next business day.

A mailed document is considered served one week later on the same day of the week as the day it was sent. If that day is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, it's considered served on the next business day.

Complete the Affidavit of Ordinary Service

Fill out an Affidavit of Ordinary Service (Form F16) to prove that you've served your documents on the other person.

Attach copies of the served documents to the affidavit (not including the Litigants' Guide and Case Management Plan). Mark each attachment as "Exhibit A," "Exhibit B," "Exhibit C," etc.

If the documents aren't attached and properly marked, the court won't accept your affidavit and you'll have to serve the documents again.

Take the affidavit and attached exhibits to a lawyer, a notary public, or a clerk at the court registry to swear or affirm that the documents have been served. (There's a fee for this.) The lawyer, notary, or clerk will sign the affidavit and stamp and sign each attachment.

Have the sworn affidavit ready to show in court as proof that you served the documents.
Updated on 13 December 2022
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