BC Provincial Court Form 1
Notice to Resolve a Family Law Matter
Starts the early-resolution process in an early resolution registry. It does not ask a judge for an order.
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BC Provincial Court family forms
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Before a court application in an Early Resolution registryForm 1›Ask the court for family-law ordersForm 3›Give financial disclosure for supportForm 4›Guardianship affidavitForm 5›Reply after being served with Form 3Form 6›Prove court papers were servedForm 7›Ask for a case-management orderForm 10›Ask for certain case-management orders without normal notice/attendanceForm 11›Request scheduling of an eligible previously scheduled family applicationForm 39›Ask for a family-law protection orderForm 12›
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Popular BC family court form guides
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- BC Form 10 — Application for Case Management Order
- BC Form 39 — Request for Scheduling
- BC Form 7 — Certificate of Service
- BC Form 11 — Case Management Without Notice or Attendance
- BC Form 22 — Trial Readiness Statement
- BC Form 3 — Application About a Family Law Matter
- BC Form 15 — Priority Parenting Matter
- BC Form 29 — Application About Enforcement
- BC Form 5 — Guardianship Affidavit
Forms covered in this section
Browse guides for starting a case, replying, service, scheduling, protection orders and enforcement.
Browse all 51 Provincial Court family forms
BC Provincial Court Form 3
Application About a Family Law Matter
The main Provincial Court form for asking for parenting, support, contact, guardianship, spousal-support, or companion-animal orders.
BC Provincial Court Form 4
Financial Statement
The sworn financial disclosure form commonly used for child support and spousal support issues.
BC Provincial Court Form 5
Guardianship Affidavit
Form 5 is the guardianship affidavit used for specified applications involving guardianship. Check the current form instructions and the court rules before filing.
BC Provincial Court Form 6
Reply to an Application About a Family Law Matter
Your formal response when someone has served you with a Form 3 application — with an optional counter-application if you want your own orders.
BC Provincial Court Form 7
Certificate of Service
Form 7 is proof that court documents were served. In plain English, it records who delivered the documents, what was delivered, when, where and how.
BC Provincial Court Form 10
Application for Case Management Order
A procedural/case-management application — often about how the case will move forward, disclosure, scheduling or other management issues.
BC Provincial Court Form 11
Application for Case Management Order Without Notice or Attendance
For specific case-management orders the rules allow you to request without giving advance notice and without attending a court appearance.
BC Provincial Court Form 12
Application About a Protection Order
Use Form 12 to ask Provincial Court for a family-law protection order. This is different from an ordinary parenting or support application because the focus is protection from family violence.
BC Provincial Court Form 15
Application About Priority Parenting Matter
A special route for the specific parenting situations the Rules define as “priority parenting matters.” It is not a general urgent-parenting form.
BC Provincial Court Form 16
Application to Prohibit Relocation of a Child
Form 16 is the specific application used when a guardian wants the court to prohibit a proposed relocation of a child in the circumstances covered by the Family Law Act.
BC Provincial Court Form 17
Application for a Family Law Matter Consent Order
Used when the parties actually agree on a family-law order and want a judge to review it without everyone attending court.
BC Provincial Court Form 22
Trial Readiness Statement
Form 22 helps the parties and the court plan for a family trial. You do not file it just because a case exists; use it when you are scheduled for a trial preparation conference or the court directs you to complete it.
BC Provincial Court Form 29
Application About Enforcement
Use this when there is already an order or enforceable obligation and you are asking the court to deal with non-compliance. It is not the generic “urgent hearing” form.
BC Provincial Court Form 45
Affidavit — General
Form 45 is the general affidavit used to give written evidence to Provincial Court. An affidavit is a statement of facts that you swear or affirm are true.
More current Provincial Court family forms
These additional guides cover inactive-file restarts, counter applications, family justice manager reviews, orders, witness subpoenas, filed agreements and orders, scheduling, address changes, proof of personal service and discontinuance.
BC Provincial Court Form 2
Notice of Intention to Proceed
Used when a Provincial Court family matter has gone inactive for more than one year and a party wants to move it forward.
BC Provincial Court Form 8
Reply to a Counter Application
Used to respond to a counter application about a family law matter.
BC Provincial Court Form 9
Application for Permission and Review of Family Justice Manager Order or Direction
Used to ask permission to seek review of an order or direction made by a family justice manager.
BC Provincial Court Form 13
Protection Order
The Provincial Court order form used when a judge makes a Family Law Act protection order.
BC Provincial Court Form 14
Order Terminating a Protection Order
The Provincial Court order form that records termination of an existing protection order.
BC Provincial Court Form 18
Consent Order
The draft/order form submitted with a Form 17 application when the parties ask Provincial Court for a family-law consent order without attending court.
BC Provincial Court Form 19
Written Response to Application
An optional written response used for specified Provincial Court applications, including case management, protection, priority parenting, relocation, enforcement and FMEA matters.
BC Provincial Court Form 20
Notice of Exemption from Parenting Education Program
Used to show that a party is exempt from a parenting education program requirement where the Provincial Court Family Rules require that program.
BC Provincial Court Form 23
Subpoena to Witness
Used to require a witness to attend a Provincial Court family hearing or trial and bring listed records or things.
BC Provincial Court Form 24
Warrant for Arrest After Subpoena
Form 24 is the court-issued warrant used when a properly subpoenaed witness fails to attend and the trial judge makes the findings required by Rule 119.
BC Provincial Court Form 25
Release from Custody
Form 25 is a court release document used in certain BC Provincial Court family proceedings, usually requiring a person to attend court at a specified time.
BC Provincial Court Form 26
Request to File an Agreement
Used to file specified Family Law Act agreements in Provincial Court so they can be enforced through the court process.
BC Provincial Court Form 27
Request to File a Determination of Parenting Coordinator
Used to file a parenting coordinator determination referred to in section 18 of the Family Law Act.
BC Provincial Court Form 28
Request to File an Order
Used to file specified outside or Supreme Court orders in Provincial Court for enforcement.
BC Provincial Court Form 30
Application for Garnishment, Summons or Warrant
Form 30 starts specified court enforcement measures for unpaid support under the Family Maintenance Enforcement Act, such as garnishment, a summons or a warrant.
BC Provincial Court Form 31
Summons — General
Form 31 is a court-issued summons requiring a person to attend BC Provincial Court in specified family-law or support-enforcement proceedings.
BC Provincial Court Form 32
Warrant for Arrest
Form 32 is a warrant issued by a BC Provincial Court judge in specified family proceedings. It is not a form that a parent or support creditor can issue themselves.
BC Provincial Court Form 33
Summons to a Default Hearing
Form 33 is a court-issued summons requiring a support debtor to attend a default hearing under the Family Maintenance Enforcement Act.
BC Provincial Court Form 34
Summons to a Committal Hearing
Form 34 is a court-issued summons requiring a support debtor to attend a committal hearing and explain non-compliance with a prior enforcement order.
BC Provincial Court Form 35
Application for Order Under the Family Maintenance Enforcement Act
Form 35 lets an eligible person request specified BC Provincial Court orders about enforcement of child or spousal support under the Family Maintenance Enforcement Act.
BC Provincial Court Form 36
Recognizance — Family Maintenance Enforcement Act
Form 36 records a court-ordered recognizance connected to a restraining order in BC support-enforcement proceedings.
BC Provincial Court Form 37
Restraining Order — Family Maintenance Enforcement Act
Form 37 records a court-issued restraining order about harassment or unwanted contact connected to family support enforcement in British Columbia.
BC Provincial Court Form 38
Order for Imprisonment
Form 38 is the court-issued document used after a judge orders imprisonment as an extraordinary enforcement remedy under section 231 of the BC Family Law Act.
BC Provincial Court Form 40
Notice of Lawyer for Child
Form 40 is filed and served by a lawyer when the lawyer begins representing a child in a BC Provincial Court family case.
BC Provincial Court Form 41
Notice of Removal of Lawyer for Child
Form 41 gives formal notice that a lawyer has stopped representing a child in a BC Provincial Court family case.
BC Provincial Court Form 42
Notice of Lawyer for Party
Form 42 lets the court and the other parties know that a lawyer is representing a party in an existing BC Provincial Court family case.
BC Provincial Court Form 43
Notice of Removal of Lawyer for Party
Form 43 formally notifies the registry and other parties that a party’s lawyer has stopped acting in a BC Provincial Court family case.
BC Provincial Court Form 39
Request for Scheduling
Form 39 lets a party ask to resume or schedule a previously scheduled BC Provincial Court family application when a specific Rule 156 circumstance applies.
BC Provincial Court Form 44
Order — General
Form 44 is the general document used to put a BC Provincial Court family-law order into written form when no different prescribed order form applies.
BC Provincial Court Form 46
Notice of Address Change
Form 46 tells the BC Provincial Court registry and other parties that a party’s address for service has changed in an existing family-law case.
BC Provincial Court Form 47
Notice by Advertisement
Form 47 is a court-authorized public notice used only when the court has ordered service by advertisement because standard service is impracticable.
BC Provincial Court Form 48
Affidavit of Personal Service
Form 48 lets the person who personally served a summons or subpoena swear to the court when, where and on whom service occurred.
BC Provincial Court Form 49
Affidavit of Personal Service of Protection Order
Form 49 documents a person’s personal service of a BC Family Law Act protection order, with the served order attached as Exhibit A.
BC Provincial Court Form 50
Notice of Discontinuance
Form 50 tells the court and other parties that you are discontinuing all or part of your own application, reply or reply to counter application.
BC Provincial Court Form 51
Electronic Filing Statement
Form 51 is the required signature-authenticity statement when submitting certain signed evidentiary court documents electronically.
BC Provincial Court Form 52
Fax Filing Cover Page — Provincial Court Family
Form 52 is the required cover page when you send documents to a BC Provincial Court family registry by fax for filing.
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