New Westminster court registry: family court filing information
Looking for the New Westminster court registry? This page gives the Provincial Court family-law filing contact listed in the BC courthouse directory, plus links to the form guides people most often need.
New Westminster court registry contact
Address: 651 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster, BC V3M 1C9
Registry phone: 604-660-8522
If you searched for a “New Westminster divorce registry,” note that BC Provincial Court does not grant divorces. Divorce proceedings are handled in BC Supreme Court.
Confirm location, hours and services in the official BC courthouse directory
Before Form 3: New Westminster is an early-resolution registry
The Province lists New Westminster as an Early Resolution Registry. For a regular new Provincial Court family-law application, the person applying normally completes the applicable Early Resolution steps before filing Form 3. Those steps begin with Form 1 — Notice to Resolve, followed by the needs assessment and other steps that apply.
File Form 1 at the court registry. Contact the Family Justice Centre to arrange your needs assessment and get help with any parenting education or dispute-resolution steps that apply. Return to the court registry to file Form 3 after completing the required steps. Check the official location list for the office that matches your case.
New Westminster Family Justice Centre
Columbia Square Plaza, Suite 204, 88 10th Street, New Westminster, BC V3M 6H8. Call 604-660-8636 to arrange an appointment or before dropping in.
The centre lists in-person services from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and virtual services from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. Confirm current hours on the official Family Justice Centre page.
Not every application must wait for these steps. Separate procedures exist for limited case-management, protection, priority-parenting, relocation, consent and enforcement orders. Rule 12 covers the listed exceptions when those are the only orders sought. Confirm the route before filing an urgent application.
Registry hours, email and visiting
BC’s directory says staffed court registries are ordinarily open Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., excluding statutory holidays, Easter Monday and Boxing Day. The listed court registry email is NewWestminsterCourtRegistry@gov.bc.ca. Telephone: 604-660-8522.
The official courthouse page currently notes that the New Westminster court parkade is closed due to construction. Check that page again before travelling; access arrangements and public hours can change. These are registry counter hours, not a promise about courtroom hearing times or email filing eligibility.
What can the registry help with?
For a Provincial Court family case, registry staff can give procedural information about filing, required forms, fees and scheduling. They cannot give legal advice, choose your arguments, tell you what evidence to rely on, or predict what a judge will decide.
Common BC Provincial Court family forms
If you already know your form number, use the plain-English guide and then check the current official BC form before filing.
- Form 3 Application About a Family Law Matter
- BC Form 7 — Certificate of Service
- BC Form 10 — Case Management Order
- BC Form 11 — Without Notice or Attendance
- BC Form 15 — Priority Parenting Matter
- BC Form 22 — Trial Readiness Statement
Before you file or travel to the courthouse
Confirm that this is the registry handling your case and check current hours or filing options with the registry. Existing files, court directions and the type of proceeding can affect where a document should be filed. If you are serving another party, filing a document and serving it are separate procedural steps.