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The form you must use is Form 3, set out in the [http://canlii.ca/t/85pb Provincial Court (Family) Rules]. The Reply must be filed in the court registry and the court clerk will take care of delivering your Reply to the applicant.
The form you must use is Form 3, set out in the [http://canlii.ca/t/85pb Provincial Court (Family) Rules]. The Reply must be filed in the court registry and the court clerk will take care of delivering your Reply to the applicant.


===Deadline for the applicant's Reply===
===Deadline for the applicant's reply===


The Applicant has 30 days to file a ''Reply'' in Form 3 after being served with the respondent's Reply if the Reply asks for any orders. Very few applicants bother to file a Reply of their own. Many applicants would only go to the trouble of preparing a Reply if there was something unusual or unexpected in the Reply of the respondent.
The applicant has 30 days to file a ''Reply'' in Form 3 after being served with the respondent's Reply if the Reply asks for any orders. Very few applicants bother to file a Reply of their own. Many applicants would only go to the trouble of preparing a Reply if there was something unusual or unexpected in the Reply of the respondent.


===The next steps===
===The next steps===
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