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Introduction

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What is a Notice of Intention to Proceed?

A Notice of Intention to Proceed (Form F48) is the form you use when there's been a long delay in your Supreme Court case and you want to start it up again. You must fill out and serve this form on the other person to let them know that you plan to continue, since it might have seemed that you'd dropped the case.

When can I use this form?

You can fill out and serve a Notice of Intention to Proceed (Form F48) on all parties in a family law case when:

  • no step has been taken for one year, and
  • no final judgment has been made.

You may go ahead with your application 28 days after you've filed a copy of the Notice of Intention to Proceed at the court registry. You also have to complete and file an Affidavit of Ordinary Service (Form F16) to prove you served it on the other person.

If you're going ahead with an undefended (uncontested) divorce after no step has been taken for a year and the other person hasn't filed a Response to Family Claim (Form F4), the registry may not require you to serve them with a Notice of Intention to Proceed. Check with the registry before you fill out the form.
Updated on 13 December 2022