Form F38 Affidavit Desk Order Divorce

Form F38 Affidavit Desk Order Divorce is a prescribed form under the Supreme Court Family Rules. It is used in both joint and sole claims for divorce that are uncontested. Because the same form is completed differently depending on whether a joint or sole claim is involved, be careful to ensure you use the correct example.

Where to find this form and any examples

Be careful to view the correct example depending on whether you are dealing with a joint or a sole claim for divorce. The following are links to blank versions of this form and any examples on Clicklaw Wikibooks or elsewhere online:

Number	Name	Blank PDF	Blank Word	Blank HTML	Completed Example	Other Resources
Form F38	Affidavit - Desk Order Divorce	PDF		HTML		DOC (fillable)
Form F38	Form F38 Affidavit - Desk Order Divorce (Joint)				PDF
Form F38	Form F38 Affidavit - Desk Order Divorce (Sole)				PDF

How to use this form

The page How Do I Prepare an Affidavit? in JP Boyd on Family Law provides tips and examples on preparing an affidavit generally, although it makes reference to Form F30 primarily.

See also

• See the full list of Supreme Court Family Forms.

External links

• Supreme Court Family Rules
• Legal Services Society has self-help guides for both joint and sole' claims for uncontested divorce.

Normally referred to as the "Supreme Court of British Columbia," this court hears most of the trials in this province. The Supreme Court is a court of inherent jurisdiction and has no limits on the sorts of claims it can hear or on the sorts of orders it can make. Decisions of the Provincial Court are appealed to the Supreme Court; decisions of the Supreme Court are appealed to the Court of Appeal. See "Court of Appeal," "jurisdiction," "Provincial Court" and "Supreme Court of Canada."

The legal termination of a valid marriage by an order of a judge; the ending of a marital relationship and the conjugal obligations of each spouse to the other. See "conjugal rights," "marriage" and "marriage, validity of."

(1) The assertion of a legal right to an order or to a thing; (2) the remedy or relief sought by a party to a court proceeding.

A legal document in which a person provides evidence of certain facts and events in writing. The person making the affidavit, the deponent, must confirm that the statements made in the affidavit are true by oath or affirmation. Affidavits must be signed in front of a lawyer, a notary public or a commissioner for taking oaths, who takes the oath or affirmation of the deponent. Affidavits are used as evidence, just as if the person making the affidavit had made the statements as a witness at trial. See "deponent", "affirm," "oath" and "witness."