Difference between revisions of "How Do I Start a Family Law Action in the Supreme Court?"

The Notice of Family Claim sets out the basic information about who you are, who the other side is, and describes the sorts of claims you are making. Additional schedules are attached to your Notice of Family Claim depending on the orders you are asking for which <span class="noglossary">will</span> require you to provide more detailed information about your marriage, your children, your property and debts, and so forth.

If you are married and you are asking that the court make an order for your divorce, you must file the original copy of your marriage certificate. (This is the government document, not the certificate you received from the person who married you.) If your claim involves the family home or other property, you may also want to prepare a certificate of pending litigation (called a CPL). (More information about CPLs is available in the section on Certificates of pending litigation under the Land Title Act in the chapter [[Protecting Property & Debt in Family Law Matters]].)