Fill out a Financial Statement (Form 4), if necessary
You'll need:
In cases involving support, the court needs financial information about one or both of you in order to make a decision.
A Provincial Court Financial Statement (Form 4) tells the judge about your:
- income,
- expenses,
- assets, and
- debts.
You must complete this form in the following situations:
- There's a claim for spousal support or child support against you.
- You're claiming spousal support.
- You're claiming child support and any of the following apply:
- You're claiming an amount other than the amount set out in the child support tables.
- You're claiming for special expenses.
- The child support is for stepchildren.
- At least one of the children for whom you're claiming support is 19 or over.
- Each parent has, or is applying for, at least 40 percent of the parenting time.
- Each parent has, or is applying to have, one child primarily in the care of one parent and another child primarily in the care of the other parent.
- The person being asked to pay child support makes more than $150,000 a year.
- Either spouse is claiming undue hardship.
- There's an application to set aside (cancel) or replace all or any part of an agreement that deals with child support.
See Complete a Provincial Court Financial Statement (Form 4) for help with the Financial Statement.
Updated on 8 May 2019