(LSRN)File the documents in the court registry

File the documents in the court registry

You'll need:

  • Your completed Response to Family Claim
  • Your completed Counterclaim, if you have one
  • Your completed Financial Statement, if required
  • $25 to file a Response to Family Claim
  • $200 to file a Counterclaim

Make copies of the documents

Once you've finished filling out your forms and having the Financial Statement sworn, make three copies of each document.

  • The registry keeps the original.
  • One copy is for you.
  • One copy is served on the other person.
  • One copy is to attach to the Affidavit of Ordinary Service (Form F16).

File the forms at the Supreme Court registry

Take the original and the three copies, plus the filing fees, to the Supreme Court registry.

A clerk at the registry will take your money, check your documents, stamp them with the court seal, and put the originals into the file for your case. The three copies of the forms that you made will be given back to you.

Fees can change. Call the registry to confirm these rates (which are accurate as of March 2013).

The fees must be paid in cash or with a certified cheque or money order made out to the Minister of Finance. Many court registries will also take debit cards, but check first.
If you can't afford to pay court fees, see Get an order to waive fees.
Updated on 14 May 2019