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#* If you believe <span class="noglossary">contact</span> is not only in your best interests but also in the best interests of your family or the person you are alleged to have offended against (the ''complainant''), say why. Say why <span class="noglossary">contact</span> would be helpful to both you and the complainant — for example, to arrange access to your children, to assist with parenting and household duties, to allow for family counselling, to provide needed transportation, etc.
#* If you believe <span class="noglossary">contact</span> is not only in your best interests but also in the best interests of your family or the person you are alleged to have offended against (the ''complainant''), say why. Say why <span class="noglossary">contact</span> would be helpful to both you and the complainant — for example, to arrange access to your children, to assist with parenting and household duties, to allow for family counselling, to provide needed transportation, etc.
#* Find out a date when the court is sitting in your area and can hear your application. You may have been given a court date already, but if that is too far in the future, you can request an earlier date.
#* Find out a date when the court is sitting in your area and can hear your application. You may have been given a court date already, but if that is too far in the future, you can request an earlier date.
# Mail or fax your Application to a Judge to both the Provincial Court registry and Crown Counsel office. Make sure you tell them the date you want to make the application. If you have good <span class="noglossary">contact</span> information for the complainant, provide that to Crown Counsel.
# Attend at the Court Registry with your Application to a Judge. They <span class="noglossary">will</span> set a date for your application based on your schedule. They will then give you a copy of the Application. Take the application to the Crown Counsel office in the Courthouse and give it to the Crown or Assistant.


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