What is the application record?
The application record is the organized record the applicant provides to the registry for the hearing of a usual Supreme Court family application under Rule 10-6. It is separate from the initial serve-then-file steps for Form F31, Form F32 and Form F31.1.
What is Form F32.2?
Form F32.2 is the prescribed cover page used for an application record and several other court records. It is not the Application Response. The Application Response is Form F32. The similar numbering makes this an easy point of confusion.
What must the application record contain?
Rule 10-6(14) sets the required order and contents. The record includes a Form F32.2 cover page and index, the filed Notice of Application, the application responses that were served on the applicant, the filed pleadings and filed affidavits or other evidence to be relied on, and respondent evidence served on the applicant where the amended rule requires it to be included. Depending on the application, other specified material can also be required.
The rule also identifies material that may be included, such as a draft order, written argument, list of authorities and draft bill of costs, and material that generally must not be included, such as affidavits of service and copies of authorities.
When is the application record provided to the registry?
| Step | Current Rule 10-6 timing |
|---|---|
| Earliest ordinary time | 9:00 a.m. on the business day that is 5 business days before the hearing |
| Latest ordinary time | 4:00 p.m. on the business day that is 2 business days before the hearing |
| Registrar fixes an earlier date | Provide the record on or before that earlier date |
This is a different deadline from the F31.1 hearing-notice deadline. Do not treat “when the hearing notice must be served” and “when the application record must reach the registry” as the same calculation.
When must the application-record index be served?
Under amended Rule 10-6(15), the applicant must serve a copy of the application-record index on each application respondent no later than 4:00 p.m. on the business day that is 2 business days before the hearing.
How this fits into the October 2026 sequence
- Applicant serves the unfiled F31 and required application evidence.
- Respondent serves an unfiled F32 and response evidence within the relevant response period.
- After each required respondent has responded or the response period expires, the applicant sets the hearing by filing F31.1 and the materials required by Rule 10-6(13.4).
- The filed F31.1 is served within the relevant hearing-notice period.
- Any reply affidavits and respondent filing steps are completed under the amended rule.
- The applicant prepares and provides the application record within the 5-business-day/2-business-day window and serves the index by the relevant deadline.
Common mistakes
- Using the pre-October-2026 3-business-day/1-business-day application-record window.
- Confusing Form F32.2 with Form F32.
- Calculating the application-record deadline from the date F31 was served instead of from the hearing date.
- Including affidavits of service or copies of authorities in the application record when the rule says they must not be included.
- Ignoring an earlier date specifically fixed by a registrar.
- Assuming the F31.1 hearing-notice deadline and the application-record deadline are the same thing.
Related guides
New Rule 10-6 serve-then-file process · Form F31 · Form F32 · Form F31.1.