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==What happens next?==
==What happens next?==


Once you've filed your Response to Family Claim and, if you want, your Counterclaim, you and the other side must attend at a judicial case conference (JCC) before anything else can happen. In the chapter [[Resolving Family Law Problems in Court]], read the section [[Case Conferences in a Family Law Matter]]. It provides more information about JCCs and the exceptions to the requirement that a JCC be held.
If either of you is claiming for child support, spousal support or division of property and debt, you have to fill out a [[Form F8 Financial Statement]]. Once you've filed your Response to Family Claim and, if you want, your Counterclaim, the usual next step is to attend a ''[[Case Conferences in a Family Law Matter|judicial case conference (JCC)]]''. Normally, you can't make an application to the court without having a JCC first. In the chapter [[Resolving Family Law Problems in Court]], the section on [[Case Conferences in a Family Law Matter]] provides more information about JCCs. Your Form F8 Financial Statement is due before the JCC is heard.  
 
If either of you is making a claim for child support, spousal support, or the division of property and debt, you <span class="noglossary">will</span> also have to complete a Financial Statement. Your Financial Statement <span class="noglossary">will</span> be due before the JCC.


==More information==
==More information==
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{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[Thomas Wallwork]], May 9, 2017}}
{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[Bill Murphy-Dyson]], July 5, 2017}}


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