Important October 2026 change: For usual applications under Supreme Court Family Rule 10-6, the process changed from “file and serve” to “serve and file” effective October 1, 2026. Application materials are generally exchanged before the application is set for hearing and before the application package is filed.

New Rule 10-6 serve-then-file process

Step-by-step explanation of the October 1, 2026 procedure, response periods, F31.1 and personal-service exceptions.

Form F31 — Notice of Application

What the applicant serves, what F31 contains and what happens before the hearing is booked.

Form F32 — Application Response

What a respondent should understand about the new serve-first response process and the 5-, 14- and 21-day periods.

Form F3 — Notice of Family Claim

How many contested Supreme Court family cases start, service rules and the 30-day response period.

Form F4 — Response to Family Claim

How a respondent answers an F3 and when a counterclaim may also be needed.

Form F8 — Financial Statement

Financial disclosure under Rule 5-1, income documents and support-related disclosure.

More forms and process guides (30)

Form F31.1 — Notice of Hearing

The new October 2026 scheduling form used after the serve-first application steps.

Application record + Form F32.2

Current Rule 10-6 record contents, the October 2026 5-business-day/2-business-day registry window, and the index-service deadline.

Desk order divorce / undefended cases

How F35, F36, F37 and F38 fit together under Rule 10-10.

Judicial Case Conference (JCC) — Form F19

When a JCC is required, the 30-day notice rule, F8 deadlines and what happens at the conference.

Case Planning Conference — F19.2 to F19.4

How CPC notices, case plan proposals and case plan orders manage a complex family case after the JCC.

Consent orders — Forms F29 and F33

How agreed interim or final-order changes can be put before the court under Rule 10-7.

Urgent / short-notice applications — Form F32.01

The Rule 10-9 route for asking the court to shorten ordinary application notice requirements.

Serving Supreme Court family documents

Personal vs ordinary service, Form F15 proof and the special rules for final-order change applications.

Change a final Supreme Court family order

F31, personal service and the 14-calendar-day response period for changing, suspending or terminating a final order.

Forms F5/F6 — Counterclaim and response

How respondents seek their own orders, serve new parties and respond to counterclaims.

Form F20 — List of Documents

The 35-day disclosure framework, privilege and continuing documentary discovery.

Form F30 — Affidavit

How sworn or affirmed evidence is structured and used in Supreme Court family applications.

Without-notice applications — F29/F34

The Rule 10-8 route and how it differs from urgent short-notice procedure.

Trial management & Form F45

Current trial-brief deadlines and when a Trial Management Conference is required.

Offers to settle — Rule 11-1

Formal settlement offers and their potential effect on costs.

Summary trial — Rule 11-3

When a defended family case or issue can potentially be decided before conventional trial.

Protection orders — Form F54

Family Law Act protection orders, without-notice authority, service and changing an order.

Form F44 — Notice of Trial

Setting a family case for trial and the trial-record steps that follow.

Form F45 — Trial Brief

Current trial-brief deadlines, contents and TMC-specific timing.

Form F46 — Trial Certificate

The 14-to-28-day readiness certificate window before trial.

Forms F51/F52 — Court orders

How Rule 15-1 distinguishes application orders, final orders and specialized forms.

Section 211 parenting reports

Court-ordered assessments of child needs, views and parenting capacity.

Expert reports — Rule 13-6

Expert-report contents, 84/42-day deadlines, objections and cost planning.

Child support applications

Claims, interim applications, Form F8 disclosure and guideline evidence.

Spousal support applications

Entitlement, financial disclosure, interim support and variation.

Family property & debt

Classification, excluded property, valuation and unequal-division claims in Supreme Court.

Parenting & guardianship

Best interests, parenting arrangements and Form F101 guardianship requirements.

Child relocation

60-day notice, 30-day objections and the BC/federal relocation frameworks.

Support variation & arrears

Changing support, retroactive relief and the gross-unfairness test for arrears.

BC Provincial Court family law

Different court, different forms and rules. Use this if your family case is in Provincial Court rather than Supreme Court.

What to do next

Choose the stage of your case above, then open the guide for your form or court step.

See government sources

Official sources: B.C. Reg. 105/2026·Supreme Court of British Columbia announcement·Official Supreme Court Family forms.

Additional Supreme Court family procedure guides

Focused October 2026 guides on petitions, forms, evidence and court processes. Check current official sources before acting.

BC Supreme Court planning tools

Estimate published filing fees or calculate a preliminary response-date benchmark. These tools are independent and not a government service.