(LSSC)Complete the first form

You'll need:

• Petition to the Court (Form F73)
• Blank Supreme Court Application Record title page

Fill out the Petition

This is an electronic form. The form has some instructions to help you fill it out. For more help, see

• Common questions about the Supreme Court PDF forms
• This sample Petition

The registry will provide the court file number when you file the Petition later. Leave that blank for now.

Fill in the location of the court registry where you'll file the Petition.

Fill in your name and address as the Petitioner and your former spouse’s name and address as the Respondent.

Leave the space below ON NOTICE TO blank.

Check the box beside "the person(s) named as petitioner(s) in the style of proceedings above."

Provide the address of the court registry, your address for service, and your lawyer’s name and address, if you have one.

Fill in your details in the four parts that follow:

Part 1: Order(s) Sought

"The petitioner applies for an order that the Order of [name of judge] made on [date of order] in the [name of court] of [Province] be provisionally varied so that the [child/spousal] support be [increased/decreased] to [amount] and/or the arrears of [child/spousal] support be reduced or cancelled."

Part 2: Factual Basis

"The facts upon which this petition is based are as follows:" and briefly summarize the facts relevant to your application. Provide objective facts that give the person reading them a short history of your case: say what orders have been made and what changes have happened that make it necessary to change the support order. Don't make personal comments about your former spouse.

Part 3: Legal Basis

"The petitioner will rely on Sections 17, 18, and 19 of the Divorce Act."

Part 4: Material To Be Relied On

List the Financial Statement (Form F8) and any affidavits you are filing with the petition. See Step 2.

Time estimate

Give an estimate, in minutes, of how long it will take to hear the petition.

Attach the support order

Sign and date the Petition.

Attach to your Petition a copy of the support order you want to have changed. It’s best if this copy is certified to be a true copy by the court that made the order, but the registry may accept an uncertified copy.

Using a blank Supreme Court application record title page, make a title page for the documents that contains:

• the style of proceedings (your name and the other person's name), court file number, and registry;
• the title PETITION and a brief description of what the material is about (for example, "Rule 17-1(2) Petition to change a support order made outside BC");
• contact information for both of you or your lawyers, including addresses for service, phone and fax numbers or email addresses that the registry can use to contact you;
• the time, date, and place of the hearing;
• the name of the person or lawyer who is filing the petition; and
• the time estimated for the hearing.