Rule 10-6 — serve then file
The October 1, 2026 application process and response periods.
BC Supreme Court · Family law
BC Supreme Court Family Applications
Use this section when you need an interim order, are responding to an application, or need to set an application for hearing.
Use the page that matches the step you are at. These guides explain general procedure and link to official BC sources. They do not replace legal advice about strategy or the orders you should seek.
Before choosing an application guide
- Check whether you are seeking a temporary order, changing an existing final order, or responding to someone else’s application. Those paths use different rules and forms.
- For an ordinary Rule 10-6 application, follow the post–October 1, 2026 serve-then-file sequence. Do not use an older checklist that assumes an unserved F31 is filed first.
- If immediate relief is needed, review the separate short-notice and without-notice guides rather than treating them as the same procedure.
Explore related guides
Form F31 — Notice of Application
What an applicant prepares and serves under the current process.
Form F32 — Application Response
How a respondent answers an F31 and the relevant response windows.
Form F31.1 — Notice of Hearing
The hearing-setting form added for the October 2026 process.
Application record + F32.2
Record contents and the current 5-business-day / 2-business-day registry window.
Urgent / short-notice applications
Rule 10-9 procedure when ordinary timing cannot reasonably be followed.
Without-notice applications
Rule 10-8 procedure and why it is different from short notice.
Protection orders
Family Law Act protection orders and related Supreme Court procedure.
Change a final order
The special service and response rules when changing a final Supreme Court family order.
Consent orders
Forms F29/F33 and agreed orders under Rule 10-7.
Enforcing family orders
Use the remedy that matches the order—money, property or another obligation.
Contempt applications
High-stakes enforcement where disobedience of an order is alleged.
Change a parenting order
Section 47 changed-circumstances threshold and variation planning.
Official sources
Consult the current rule text and prescribed forms before filing. Links are provided for independent verification; this guide is not legal advice.