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===Financial statements=== | ===Financial statements=== | ||
If a Provincial Court proceeding involves spousal support or child support, each party must prepare and file a ''Financial Statement'' | If a Provincial Court proceeding involves spousal support or child support, each party must prepare and file a ''Financial Statement''. | ||
Each party must attach to their | The form you must use is Form 4, set out in the [http://canlii.ca/t/85pb Provincial Court (Family) Rules]. | ||
A financial statement sets out a party's income, expenses, assets and liabilities and is sworn on oath or affirmation, just like an Affidavit, by a lawyer, notary public, or registry clerk. | |||
Each party must attach to their financial statements the following documents: | |||
#the last three years' worth of tax returns (what's required is the complete income tax and benefit return, not tax return "summaries" or "informations"), | #the last three years' worth of tax returns (what's required is the complete income tax and benefit return, not tax return "summaries" or "informations"), | ||
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#the party's most recent paystub, showing his or her earnings to date, or if the party isn't working, then his or her most recent WCB statement, social assistance statement, or EI statement, and | #the party's most recent paystub, showing his or her earnings to date, or if the party isn't working, then his or her most recent WCB statement, social assistance statement, or EI statement, and | ||
#business records like financial statements and corporate income tax returns, if the party has a company. | #business records like financial statements and corporate income tax returns, if the party has a company. | ||
===Family case conferences=== | ===Family case conferences=== | ||