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=== First steps === | === First steps === | ||
#If you | #If you are on social assistance, speak with your financial worker. | ||
# | #You may wish to <span class="noglossary">contact</span> a [[Family Justice Centres|Family Justice Centre]]. Counsellors at Family Justice Centres can provide information, mediation and assistance with applications involving child or spousal support in Family Court. | ||
#If you want to apply for child support in Family Court, complete an [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/forms/pfa/pfa003.pdf Application to Obtain an Order]. You can get an Application to Obtain an Order from any Provincial Court registry. Family Court forms and self-help information are also available online at the [[Family Law in BC]] website. Click on "Self-help guides," scroll down to "Family orders" and click on the appropriate link. If you feel the situation is urgent, you may ask that the order be "without notice," meaning that the court <span class="noglossary">will</span> make its order without your ex-partner having a chance to be heard or being notified in <span class="noglossary">advance</span>. Without notice orders are always interim (short-term) and your ex-partner <span class="noglossary">will</span> eventually have a chance to speak to the judge before a final order is made. | #If you want to apply for child support in Family Court, complete an [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/forms/pfa/pfa003.pdf Application to Obtain an Order]. You can get an Application to Obtain an Order from any Provincial Court registry. Family Court forms and self-help information are also available online at the [[Family Law in BC]] website. Click on "Self-help guides," scroll down to "Family orders" and click on the appropriate link. If you feel the situation is urgent, you may ask that the order be "without notice," meaning that the court <span class="noglossary">will</span> make its order without your ex-partner having a chance to be heard or being notified in <span class="noglossary">advance</span>. Without notice orders are always interim (short-term) and your ex-partner <span class="noglossary">will</span> eventually have a chance to speak to the judge before a final order is made. | ||