Copy and serve the documents
You'll need
- Your completed forms:
- Application Response (Form F32)
- Every Affidavit (Form F30) and every document you intend to refer to in court, if it hasn't already been filed at the registry as part of this case.
- Financial Statement (Form F8), if neededThe other person's address for service
- An Affidavit of Ordinary Service (Form F16) (PDF)
Make copies
Make three copies of all your completed documents and any exhibits or attachments:
- One copy's for you.
- One copy's served on the other person.
- One copy's to attach to the Affidavit of Ordinary Service (Form F16).
- The registry keeps the original when you file your documents at Step 5
Serve (give) the documents to the other person
You need to serve the Application Response, Affidavits and any exhibits that haven't already been served, and Financial Statement (if you completed one) on the other person within 14 business days of being served with the Notice of Application (Form F31).
You can serve these documents by ordinary service. This means that you can:
- leave the documents at the other person's address for service (the address they put on their court documents, such as their Notice of Application),
- mail the documents by regular post to the other person's address for service, or
- email or fax the documents, if the other person provided an email address or fax number as part of their address for service.
See Serve Supreme Court documents by ordinary service for more information on serving documents and help with filling out an Affidavit of Ordinary Service (Form F16). If the other person doesn't attend the hearing, the Affidavit of Ordinary Service will prove to the judge that you served the documents.
Legally reviewed in October 2026
Updated on 2 October 2026