(LSSC)Wait for the confirming order

Wait for the confirming order

After you file the draft order, the process goes as follows:

The registry staff will:

  • order a transcript (written record) of what you told the judge or master and the reasons they gave for making the provisional order;
  • send all the documents you filed at court, the transcript, the draft order, and the Statement of the Applicant form to the Attorney General’s office in British Columbia; and
  • send the documents to the Attorney General’s office in the province where the original support order was made.

From there, the documents will go to the superior court in the province your former spouse lives in, and the documents will be served on them.

Your former spouse will have an opportunity to present evidence to a judge in that province. The judge will then make a final (confirming) order.

The order and the court’s reasons will be sent to the Attorney General’s office in the original province, the Attorney General’s office in British Columbia, and finally to the court registry that made the provisional order.

This process can take a few months to complete. In some cases, it can take a year or more. You can contact the BC court registry now and then to request an update on progress.
Updated on 22 May 2019