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- 4: Notice of Change in Representation
- 6: Acknowledgment of Service
- 6B: Affidavit of Service
- 8: Application (General)
- 8.01: Automatic Order
- 8A: Application (Divorce)
- 10: Answer
- 10A: Reply
- 12: Notice of Withdrawal
- 13: Financial Statement (Support Claims)
- 13A: Certificate of Financial Disclosure
- 13B: Net Family Property Statement
- 13C: Comparison of Net Family Property Statements
- 13.1: Financial Statement (Property and Support Claims)
- 14: Notice of Motion
- 14A: Affidavit (General)
- 14B: Motion Form
- 14C: Confirmation of Motion
- 14D: Order on Motion Without Notice
- 15: Motion to Change
- 15B: Response to Motion to Change
- 15C: Consent Motion to Change
- 15D: Consent Motion to Change Child Support
- 17: Conference Notice
- 17A: Case Conference Brief – General
- 17B: Case Conference Brief for Protection Application or Status Review
- 17C: Settlement Conference Brief – General
- 17D: Settlement conference brief for protection application or status review
- 17E: Trial Management Conference Brief
- 17F: Confirmation of Conference
- 17G: Certificate of Dispute Resolution
- 20: Request for Information
- 20.2: Acknowledgment of Expert’s Duty
- 22: Request to Admit
- 22A: Response to Request to Admit
- 23: Summons to Witness
- 23A: Summons to Witness Outside Ontario
- 23C: Affidavit for Uncontested Trial
- 25: Order (General)
- 25A: Divorce Order
- A-25A: Divorce Order (One Page)
- 25D: Order (Uncontested Trial)
- 25E: Notice Disputing Approval of Order
- 25F: Restraining Order
- 25G: Restraining Order on Motion without Notice
- 25H: Order Terminating Restraining Order
- 26: Statement of Money Owed
- 26A: Affidavit of Enforcement Expenses
- 26B: Affidavit for Filing Domestic Contract with Court
- 27: Request for Financial Statement
- 27A: Request for Statement of Income
- 27B: Statement of Income from Income Source
- 29: Request for Garnishment
- 29A: Notice of Garnishment (Lump-Sum Debt)
- 29B: Notice of Garnishment (Periodic Debt)
- 29D: Statutory Declaration of Indexed Support
- 29H: Notice of Garnishment Hearing
- 29I: Notice to Stop Garnishment
- 29J: Statement to Garnishee Financial Institution re Support
- 30: Notice of Default Hearing
- 30A: Request for Default Hearing
- 30B: Default Dispute
- 31: Notice of Contempt Motion
- 32: Bond (Recognizance)
- 32.1: Request to Enforce a Family Arbitration Award
- 32.1A: Dispute of Request for Enforcement
- 34A: Affidavit of Parentage
- 34J: Affidavit of Execution and Independent Legal Advice (Children’s Lawyer)
- 35.1: Affidavit (decision-making responsibility, parenting time, contact)
- 36: Affidavit for Divorce
- 36A: Certificate of Clerk (Divorce)
- 36B: Certificate of Divorce
- 37: Notice of Hearing
- 37A: Information Sheet
- 37B: Direction to Request Further Information
- 37C: Notice of Continuation of Hearing
- 37E: Notice for Taking Further Evidence
- 38: Notice of Appeal
- 39: Notice of Approaching Dismissal
Request for Information
- What are orders?
- Temporary Orders
- Final Orders
- What if an Issue that was before the Court is not in my Order?
- Create Draft Order from Endorsement
- Court Order from Minutes of Settlement
- Changing a Temporary Order
- Changing a Final Order
- Enforcement of a Court Order
Form 22A
Child Support (CS)
- Basics of CC
- Section 7 Expenses
- CS for Adult Children
- CS and Remarriage
- CS and OW/ODSP
- How to Change CS?
Spousal Support (SS)
Contested Trials
- Overview
- Offer to Settle
- Trial Sittings
- Steps in a Trial
- Scheduling Trial
- Preparing Trial Record
- Preparing your Evidence
- Attending your Trial