(LPRE)Introduction

If you've been served with Form 10, 12, 15, 16, 29, or 35, read it very carefully to see what the other person (the law calls them the other party) wants. They applied for one of the following:

• a case management order (Form 10)
• a protection order (protection against abuse or family violence) (Form 12)
• an order about a priority parenting matter (Form 15)
• an order to stop your child's relocation when you already have a parenting agreement or order (Form 16)
• an order to enforce a court order or agreement (or similar) (Form 29)
• an order to enforce a support order related to the Family Maintenance and Enforcement Program (Form 35)

Read all the attachments as well.

Each form is very specific. When you go to court, you can only discuss what's listed and checked off in the form.

You need to attend court on the date and time that's on the application. This date might be for a hearing, or to quickly meet with the judge so they can assess the case and set a hearing date (called a list/remand date). You can call the registry to ask whether it's a hearing or a remand date.

If you can't make it that day, go to the court registry and tell them you need to adjourn (delay) the case to another date. (You can also try calling, but changing the date may not be possible over the phone.) If they won't change the date, you may have to get someone to go to court on that day, with a letter from you saying you can't make it.

If you don't show up, the judge can still make orders that affect you. It's very hard to change a court order later on if you don't have a good reason for missing the hearing.