Make an Application Record
You'll need
- Two ring binders big enough to hold all the documents related to your case (1‑inch or 1.5‑inch are common)
- Two sets of tabbed binder dividers numbered 1 to 15 or higher (depending on how many documents you're including)
- Some loose-leaf paper
- A three-hole punch
- A Supreme Court Application Record title page
- An Application Record index
- Two elastic bands big enough to go around the binders
An Application Record is a loose-leaf ring binder, divided by tabs, that contains the evidence that the judge or master will use to decide whether to give you the order you're asking for. It includes a table of contents (called an index). The Application Record contains photocopies of the documents you've collected, including those sent by the other person.
You need two copies of the Application Record — one for you and one for the court. The court copy will be returned to you at the end of the court hearing. You don't have to make a copy for the other person.
What goes in an Application Record
The Application Record can include draft orders, written arguments, lists of authorities (any case, textbook, article, or statute you might use to support your argument), or a draft bill of costs.
Your Application Record must not include Affidavits of Service, copies of authorities, or other documents unless the other person has agreed to let you include these.
Make a cover page
Prepare a cover page for the outside of the binder that contains:
- the style of proceedings (names of both of you), court file number, and registry,
- the title "APPLICATION RECORD" and a brief description of what the material is about (for example, "Application for an interim order for child support"),
- contact information for each of you or your lawyers, including addresses for service, phone and fax numbers, or email addresses that the registry can use to contact you,
- the time, date, and place of the hearing,
- the name of the person or lawyer who's filing the Application Record, and
- the estimated length of time for the hearing.
Make an Application Record title page
Prepare a title page for the inside of the binder. The title page should have the style of cause, your name and the other person's name, and the name(s) of your lawyer(s), if you have any. Look at your Notice of Family Claim (Form F3) to find the style of cause. It's all the information above the title of the document. Copy this information exactly as it appears on your order.
Add the dividers and documents
- Number your tabbed divider pages consecutively starting at 1, if they aren't already numbered.
- Punch holes in each page of your remaining set of photocopied documents, and put them into the binder behind the numbered tabs in the following order:
- Behind Tab 1, insert two copies of your filed Notice of Application (Form F31). Secure one copy in the binder, but leave the other copy loose. On the loose copy, highlight or mark in some way which orders you'll be referring to at the hearing.
- Behind Tab 2, insert the Application Response (Form F32) from the other person (if you receive one).
- Insert the remaining documents behind tabs in this order:
- Your Affidavit to support the application.
- Any of your previous Affidavits that you want the court to consider.
- An Affidavit in response to the application from the other person, if you receive one.
- Your responding Affidavit, if any.
- Your most recent Financial Statement (Form F8) and any attachments.
- The other person's most recent Financial Statement (Form F8) and any attachments, if you received them.
- Any of the other person's Affidavits.
- Any of the other person's other Financial Statements.
Make an Application Record index
Download a blank Application Record index form and use it to make a table of contents for the Application Record.
List all the documents in the Application Record in the table of contents. Put this completed index after the title page, but before Tab 1.
Make a second Application Record
Repeat the whole process to create a second Application Record. One copy's for the court, and the other's for you.