(FSJN)When you don't have to attend

You’ll need

• Requisition-General Application Form F18.1), if you want to apply to be excused from having a JCC

When a JCC isn't required

If the other person serves you with a Notice of Judicial Case Conference (Form F19), you must go to the JCC at the date and time written on the notice, or apply to be excused.

You can apply to the court to be excused from having a JCC if:

• your matter needs to be resolved quickly;
• it's too soon to have a JCC;
• it would be unfair, inappropriate, or unmanageable to have a JCC;
• it could be dangerous to your health or safety to delay your application or to require a JCC; or
• the judge or associate judge decides it's right to excuse you.

If you don't qualify to be excused from the process, continue to the next step to prepare your documents for the JCC.

How to apply to be excused from a JCC

To apply to be excused from the JCC:

• Fill out the Requisition (Form F18.1).
• Explain in the Requisition the reasons why you want to be excused.
• File your completed Requisition at the registry where the Notice of Family Claim (Form F3) was filed.

The court considers your request

The registry will give your documents to a judge or associate judge, and they'll consider your request. The judge or associate judge can:

• require you to file documents with more information,
• require that you or your lawyer go to court to give more information about your application,
• make the order you asked for,
• refuse to make the order, or
• make any other order.

The registry staff will let you know what the judge or associate judge decides. While you wait for the decision, you might not have to attend court.