(LPSA)File the documents

File the documents

You'll need

  • The original forms and attachments, which you'll give to the court (called the Court file copy).
  • Three sets of photocopies:
    • a set for you (the Applicant's copy),
    • a set for the other person (the Respondent's copy), and
    • a set for the person who'll serve the other person (the Proof of service copy — see Step 4)
  • Two more sets of copies, if needed:

File your documents at the court registry

Take all the sets of copies of your documents to the Family Court registry where the original agreement was filed and give them to the registry clerk.

The registry clerk will keep the original documents for the court file copy. They'll stamp the other copies and return them to you.

Filing documents in Provincial (Family) Court is free.

If you made copies for BCFMA or the Ministry of Social Development & Poverty Reduction, ask the registry staff if they can send those copies to the programs for you.

If the registry staff don't send your documents to those programs:

  • If you're applying to change the amount of support in an order that was originally filed with BCFMA, mail or fax the documents to the BCFMA office where the original support order was filed. See the BCFMA website for current contact information.
  • If you're on income assistance, mail or fax your documents to the Ministry of Social Development & Poverty Reduction.
Updated on 7 June 2024