Introduction
Before you can use this guide, the other person must have started a family law case, and you must have filed a Reply (Form 3).
About this guide
This step-by-step guide is for people who want to respond to an application for final family orders related to parenting or support.
This guide is also for people who can agree on some issues but not on others. For example, you may agree on how to share parenting time, but not on how much spousal or child support should be paid.
You won't be able to use this guide if you're applying for support and you or the other person lives outside BC. Contact a lawyer for advice. For more information about getting support and the forms you need, see Interjurisdictional Support Orders, an Attorney General website.
It's a good idea to get some legal help before you begin a guide. If you can't afford a lawyer, there are other ways to get legal help, including:
Updated on 27 August 2019