Make copies of the documents
You'll need:
- Your completed Reply
- Your completed Financial Statement, if you completed one
- All the documents that support your Financial Statement
Make four complete sets of your documents.
Keep all the original forms (with any attachments) as one set. This will be the set that you give to the court (called the Court file copy).
Then make the following copies:
- A set for you (the Filing party's copy)
- A set for the applicant (the Receiving party's copy)
- A set for the registry (the Proof of service copy)
If either you or the other person receives income assistance, make one more set of copies for the Ministry of Social Development & Poverty Reduction.
The forms from the registry say you only need three photocopies of everything. This is because the registry forms don't include a copy for the Ministry (since they aren't required in every case).
If you download the forms, you can either fill them out online and print all the copies, or print them, complete them neatly by hand, and photocopy them. The Reply (Form 3) booklets from the Family Court registry contain all the copies you need. The Financial Statement (Form 4) contains just one copy, so you have to photocopy it.
Updated on 9 May 2019