Form F86 Affidavit in Support to Waive Fees

Form F86 Affidavit in Support to Waive Fees is a prescribed form under the Supreme Court Family Rules. Rule 20-5 states that a court may exempt someone from paying certain fees if they receive employment assistance or disability benefits, or if paying the fees would create undue hardship. An affidavit in this form is one of the documents required in an application to waive fees.

Where to find this form and any examples

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 F86	Affidavit in Support to Waive Fees	PDF		HTML		DOC (fillable)

How to use this form

The page How Do I Waive Filing Fees in the Supreme Court? in JP Boyd on Family Law provides tips and examples on preparing an application.

See also

• See the full list of Supreme Court Family Forms.

External links

• Court Services Branch of the Ministry of Justice has an Order to Waive Fees Package.
• Legal Services Society's Family Law in BC website has a self-help guide called "How to get an order to waive fees".

In law, a legal incapacity to do certain things, like enter into a contract or start a court proceeding. Legal disabilities include insanity and being under the age of majority. See "age of majority."

In the context of family law, this phrase comes up in Child Support Guidelines as well as applications to waive court fees. The term "undue" essentially means excessive, exceptional, or disproportionate. for example, if someone would have to sacrifice a reasonable expense in their life in order to pay the amount in question, this would be an undue hardship. In the Child Support Guidelines this term describes circumstances when payment of the table amount of child support would cause financial difficulty for either the payor or the recipient of support, potentially justifying an award of support in an amount different than the table amount. See "child support," "Child Support Guidelines" and "table amount."

To give up a right or entitlement, or the opportunity to assert a right or enforce an entitlement. See "release."

A request to the court that it make a specific order, usually on an interim or temporary basis, also called a "chambers application" or a "motion." See also "interim application" and "relief."