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=== What happens next === | === What happens next === | ||
Once you have filed an Application to Obtain an Order asking for child support and had it served on the other parent (who is now called the ''respondent''), the respondent <span class="noglossary">will</span> be required to file a Reply and a Financial Statement (or a ''statement of finances'' for FMEP matters). A date <span class="noglossary">will</span> be set for a hearing by the Family Court registry. | Once you have filed an Application to Obtain an Order asking for child support and had it served on the other parent (who is now called the ''respondent''), the respondent <span class="noglossary">will</span> be required to file a Reply and a Financial Statement (or a ''statement of finances'' for FMEP matters). A date <span class="noglossary">will</span> be set for a hearing by the Family Court registry. Check with the Registry, as some of them will have additional steps called ''Rule 5'' you must take before they set a hearing date. | ||
If the | If the respondent doesn't file a Reply or Financial Statement, the judge may order him or her to do so or accept your evidence of what he or she is earning, without your ex's participation. You may have to ask the Registry for a hearing date if no Reply is filed. | ||
== Where to get help == | == Where to get help == | ||
