Introduction
This guide gives you step-by-step instructions on how to respond to an application to get an interim family order in Supreme Court. You'll often find out about the application when you receive a Notice of Application (or sometimes a Notice of Judicial Case Conference) from the other person.
Before you can respond to the application for an interim order, you must:
- respond to a Notice of Family Claim (Form F3), and
- attend a Judicial Case Conference (JCC).
You've filed or responded to a Notice of Family Claim (Form F3)
The other person has filed a Notice of Family Claim (and Financial Statement [Form F8], if required) to start a family law case.
You can respond to the Notice of Family Claim by filing and serving a Response to Family Claim (Form F4) and serving a Financial Statement (Form F8). You may also file and serve a Counterclaim (Form F5) to start your own claim for child or spousal support or for parenting orders. If you don't respond to the Notice of Family Claim at all, the court can then make orders against you.
You've attended a Judicial Case Conference (JCC)
In most cases, before one person can apply for an interim order, both of you must attend a Judicial Case Conference. There are some cases where you don't have to attend, and there are some cases where you can ask to be exempted. For more information, see:
If you and the other person still can't agree on how to resolve your conflict after you've attended a JCC and the other person applies for an interim order, you may proceed with Step 1.