British Columbia · Supreme Court family

How much will the court charge to file?

Choose the family-court document you plan to file. Add any later steps and your own expenses to build a clear budget. The published court fees are separate from lawyer costs.

Appendix C fee model · October 2026

Your filing and budget

Only add documents you expect to file yourself. If the other party is filing something, don't add their filing fee to your budget.

1. What are you filing?This estimates BC Supreme Court family filing fees. Supreme Court Form F3 (Notice of Family Claim) is not Provincial Court Form 3 (Application About a Family Law Matter). Not sure which court? Start here. The $200 petition estimate covers an ordinary family petition, not an appeal or special proceeding. Do not add the separate $80 Item 5 hearing-setting fee for a regular F31 application; a Form F31.1 hearing notice; a petition, appeal or stated-case hearing notice; a trial management or settlement conference; or a matter where another Schedule 1 fee is already payable. These are exceptions, not charges. Check unusual cases with the registry.

I will provide a qualifying Form F100 mediation certificate when filing an F3 or F4.Appendix C Schedule 1 section 2(2) may remove the starting/response fee only if the exact statutory conditions are met. It does not waive joint F1, counterclaim or application fees.

2. Include later filings I will make (optional)

Enter a count only for extra filings beyond the one selected above. A zero means you are not budgeting for that step.

Additional F31 applications ($80 each)

Additional desk-order requisitions ($80)

Other hearings with a separate $80 scheduling fee

JCC notices ($80 each)

Notices of Trial ($200 each)

Written agreements filed ($30 each)

Parenting-coordinator determinations filed ($30 each)

Arbitration awards filed ($30 each)

Trials or hearings reset ($200 each)

Item 5 is not an extra charge for an ordinary F31 application or for setting a matter using Form F31.1, a petition-hearing notice, an appeal-hearing notice, a stated-case hearing notice, or for scheduling a trial management or settlement conference. Include it only if your separate hearing-setting step is actually subject to Item 5.

3. Include e-filing and hearing days (optional)

Electronic filing packages using Court Services Online ($7 each)One package can contain multiple documents. The $7 charge is per transmitted package, on top of statutory court fees.

Days in one hearing you expect to pay for

Days in one trial you expect to pay for

For a hearing or trial, the first 3 days have no daily hearing fee, days 4–10 are $500/day, and days after 10 are $800/day. These apply to the party responsible for those fees. Do not count each day's separate daily fee if you are not that party, or if the court directs otherwise.

4. Add personal expense budgets (optional)

Service and delivery (CAD)

Printing, reports and documents (CAD)

Your own lawyer / advocacy budget (CAD, including tax)

These are figures you supply. $0 means not included, not that the service is free.

I have or intend to seek a court no-fee order.If this is checked, the calculator pauses instead of assuming the order covers every fee. Confirm the actual order's scope and affected steps.

Estimate

This is not a lawyer-fee quote. The court may grant waivers, change cost responsibility, or require other steps. Do not assume you will recover these fees if you win.

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The October 1, 2026 change to ordinary application procedure does not itself create an extra $80 fee for the new Notice of Hearing (F31.1). The official fee schedule exempts setting a hearing by that notice.

Official sources: Supreme Court Family Rules, Appendix C Schedule 1 (filing and daily hearing fees; F100 exception; $7 e-filing package fee) · B.C. Reg. 105/2026, effective October 1, 2026 (Form F31.1 and procedure) · Official Supreme Court family forms.

Independent legal information; not affiliated with government and not legal advice. This first version models selected listed items only; a separate Item 5 fee applies only when the matter is not otherwise subject to a listed fee and is not in an exempt hearing-setting category. Confirm court registry fees and appropriate documents before filing.