(LPEO)File the documents

You'll need:

• Four complete sets of the documents you've filled out (Form 29 and the sworn Form 45) (the original and three copies)
• One copy of your agreement and Form 26

Make three copies of all your documents. Remember to copy any attachments. Organize the originals and copies into four complete sets of your documents, one original and three copies. You’ll:

• give all the originals (with any attachments) as one set to the court,
• keep two sets of copies for yourself (one for your records and one for your Proof of Service), and
• keep one set of copies for the other party.

If you fill out the forms online, you can print as many copies as you need. If you download them and fill them out by hand, you'll have to make photocopies.

File the documents and get a date for the hearing

Take your completed forms to the registry where you filed your agreement or order. You don't have to pay a fee to file an application in Provincial (Family) Court.

• The registry clerk will keep the original set of the documents. They'll stamp the three copies and return them to you.
• The registry will give you a date for you to come to court. They’ll write that date on your Form 26. You write it on all three copies of Form 26. (This isn’t your hearing date. It’s the day you come to court and a judge assesses your case. After that, you get a hearing date.)
• Make sure the date is at least 7 days after the day when you can serve the documents to the other party.

If the registry clerk doesn't accept your documents, find out why and get legal advice.