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You must serve your documents on the applicant by ordinary service. You can do this by sending them to the applicant's current address for service, which will usually be set out in his or her Notice of Family Claim or Response to Family Claim. How to serve documents is discussed in [[How Do I Personally Serve Someone with Legal Documents?]] It's located in the ''How Do I?'' part of this resource under ''Starting an Action''. | You must serve your documents on the applicant by ordinary service. You can do this by sending them to the applicant's current address for service, which will usually be set out in his or her Notice of Family Claim or Response to Family Claim. How to serve documents is discussed in [[How Do I Personally Serve Someone with Legal Documents?]] It's located in the ''How Do I?'' part of this resource under ''Starting an Action''. | ||
You may, at any time after being delivered with a Notice of Application, decide to file an application of your own for whatever interim orders you think are necessary. You can make this application, called a ''cross-application'', by Notice of Application. Depending on the circumstances and the timing of the cross-application, the parties will often agree to have the two applications heard at the same time. | |||
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====Supporting affidavits==== | ====Supporting affidavits==== | ||
An affidavit is a written summary of relevant facts and information, given under oath or affirmation. The affidavits filed with the Application Response should give evidence | An affidavit is a written summary of relevant facts and information, given under oath or affirmation. | ||
The affidavits filed with the Application Response should give evidence that helps to explain why the application is opposed. These affidavits may be brand new or they may have been prepared for a previous application. The form you must use is Form F30, which you can download in an editable format in [[Sample Supreme Court Forms (Family Rules)|Supreme Court Forms & Examples]]. | |||
The process for drafting affidavits and the rules about the content of affidavits are discussed in [[How Do I Prepare an Affidavit?]] It's located in the ''How Do I?'' part of this resource under ''Affidavits''. | The process for drafting affidavits and the rules about the content of affidavits are discussed in [[How Do I Prepare an Affidavit?]] It's located in the ''How Do I?'' part of this resource under ''Affidavits''. | ||