Form 29: Application About Enforcement

Use enforcement, not a new parenting application

Form 29 asks the court to address an existing filed written agreement, court order, or filed parenting coordinator determination. Examples include denied parenting time, failure to exercise scheduled contact, certain conduct-order breaches and determining support arrears. It can also be used to ask to enforce, change or set aside a filed parenting coordinator determination. To change the terms of an ordinary family-law order because circumstances have changed, use the appropriate family-law application process instead; do not call that enforcement.

How to prepare and file Form 29

1. Find the filed instrument you intend to enforce and the exact provisions you say were not followed. If it is a written agreement, determination or external order, check that the required filing step (Forms 26–28, where relevant) has been completed.
2. Use the correct case number, registry and party names. Select the Rule 135 enforcement process or the distinct Rule 136 application to set aside a foreign support-order registration.
3. Specify the orders or remedy you want and the key dates/events supporting the request; distinguish proven documents from allegations.
4. Attach a copy of the order, filed agreement or determination and the evidence the application calls for.
5. Have the registry or judicial case manager confirm the hearing date/method. Do not invent a date if the form leaves it for registry staff.
6. Serve the application and attachments under the correct rule, preserve proof of service and attend the hearing.

The two notice rules are not interchangeable

Rule 135: usually file and serve each other party at least seven days before the court appearance, with a copy of the instrument. The current prescribed Form 29 also acknowledges that the court may allow a Rule 135 application without notice or on less than seven days’ notice; do not shorten notice without the court’s permission. Rule 136: if asking to set aside registration of a foreign support order under the Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act, serve the designated authority by registered mail at least 30 days before the hearing and file the required Form 7 certificate of service at least ten days before that hearing. The 30-day period to apply after notice of registration is a separate issue; check promptly if it applies.

How can the other party respond?

Under Rule 137, the responding party must attend if served and choosing to reply; the party may also file Form 19 — Written Response to Application, filing and serving it before the appearance. The court decides what relief is legally available; no remedy is automatic.

Worked example

Important exceptions and risks

Protection orders and urgent parenting applications have separate routes. Do not conflate Form 29 with garnishment/summons proceedings under Form 30. If family violence, imminent harm or complicated service issues arise, obtain on-time legal help.