You have a lot to do to prepare for your trial.
Until now, you and your partner put all the documents you wanted the judge to look at in the continuing record. You can't use the continuing record for your trial. Instead, Rule 23: Evidence and Trial says you must prepare a Trial Record.
Your trial record has to be ready at least 30 days...
The goal of a settlement conference is to help you and your partner settle the issues you still don't agree on. Every conference is a chance for you to come closer to agreeing on your issues with your partner.
You may have a settlement conference if you and your partner haven’t sorted out your issues after one or more case conferences. Or, you...
The first time you and your partner speak with a judge about your case is at a case conference. At a case conference, you and your partner (and your lawyers if you have them) meet with a judge to discuss and try to agree on your issues.
The goal of a case conference is to get you and your partner to agree on some or all of your issues without...
You or your partner can make an Offer to Settle at any time during the court process. And you can make more than one Offer to Settle.
An Offer to Settle is an offer made by one party to the other party to settle some or all of the issues in your case. You can accept an Offer, reject an Offer, or make a counter-Offer.
You must serve your Offer...
You have a first court date if your case is at the:
Cases at the Superior Court of Justice don't have a first court date.
Your first court date is the date the court clerk wrote on the...
Usually, you have to go to a Mandatory Information Program (MIP) session before your court case can continue. You have to go within 45 days from when you started your case.
A MIP session is usually held at the court and is free. It is usually is an hour long if you don't have children, and 2 hours long if you have children.
A lawyer and a family...
If your partner raises new claims (or asks for new things) in their Form 10: Answer, you have 10 days to respond by filling out Form 10A: Reply.
The Reply gives you a chance to comment on any new issues your partner raises. For example, if your partner says that you have a drug problem, and you did not say anything about this in your...
If you and your partner agree to change an order or separation agreement that has been filed with the court for child support only, you need to fill out:
You can bring an urgent motion without notice for a temporary order at any time during your court case. You can even bring one before you start a court case.
An urgent motion without notice is sometimes called an emergency motion or an ex parte motion. This means you don't have to serve your documents on your partner before the judge hears...
You must have your completed Form 8: Application issued by the court. Get your Application issued below explains how to do this.
Once your Application is issued, you get: