Prepare and appear in court
Getting ready for your court appearance
You'll be appearing in Chambers to ask a judge to respond to the application to change your order. See What happens in a Supreme Court Chambers hearing? to find out more about Chambers.
If the date on the Notice of Application won't work for some reason (for example, if you aren't ready), you must still go to court and stand up and ask for an adjournment (a delay). If you really can't go to court on that day, ask someone to go in your place to ask for an adjournment. This person will need an Affidavit from you, or at least a signed letter from you explaining your circumstances. You'll have to give a good reason for asking for an adjournment. If you don't show up and don't have an explanation, the judge might make the order the other person asks for in your absence, and order costs against you.
If you and the other person come to an agreement before the hearing about any of the orders that the other person wants, you should both go to court on the date set for the hearing to tell the judge that you've both agreed. If you don't want to go to court, you can tell the other person that their application is not opposed.
Updated on 22 May 2019