Serve the documents on the other person
You'll need:
- Two copies of your filed documents
- Someone to serve the documents on the other person
The next step is to serve the Notice of Family Claim and the Financial Statement (if required) on the other person. There are rules about the steps you have to take to make sure they get these documents. See Serve Supreme Court documents by personal service for step-by-step instructions for serving documents correctly.
What if I don't know where the other person is?
You can apply to the court to allow you to try and let the other person know about the divorce by substitutional service. You can ask that the court consider the documents served if, for example, you give the Notice of Family Claim to someone the other person knows well or you post a classified ad in a local newspaper.
To learn more, see our guide Arrange for alternative (substitutional) service.
Updated on 14 May 2019