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Form 3(Rule 3(1) and (5))
REPLY
Court File Number:number
Court Location: Town
F.M.E.P. No.:number, if any
In the Provincial Court of British Columbia
In the case between:
FULL NAME
and:
YOUR FULL NAME
TO:
Name:Date of Birth:APPLICANT
Your Full nameDate
Address for service:
Street Address, Town, British Columbia, Postal Code
Phone: telephone numberFax: fax number, optionalEmail: email address, optional
FROM:
Name:Date of Birth:RESPONDENT
Other Party’s Full NameDate
Address for service
Street Address, Town, Province, Postal Code
Phone: telephone numberFax: fax number, optionalEmail: email address, optional
IMPORTANT NOTE TO APPLICANT
If the respondent’s Reply contains a claim for support, you, the original applicant, are required to file financial information. If you do not, the court may attribute income to you and set the amount of support to be paid. The respondent has estimated your gross annual income as set out in item2 below.
Agreement with application:
I agree with the request(s) of the applicant for:
guardianship
allocation of parental responsibilities
parenting time
contact with a child
child support
spousal support
a change in or suspension or termination of an earlier order dated Date
an order to set aside or replace an agreement dated Date
an order that arrears of support be reduced or cancelled
an order for retroactive support
a protection order
other order: specify
I wish to make the following comments regarding the request(s) even though I agree:
Provide any comments you wish to make, optional.
Disagreement with application:
I disagree with the request(s) of the applicant for:
guardianship
allocation of parental responsibilities
parenting time
contact with a child
child support
spousal support
a change in or suspension or termination of an earlier order dated Date
an order to set aside or replace an agreement dated Date
an order that arrears of support be reduced or cancelled
an order for retroactive support
a protection order
other order: specify
I disagree because:
Explain why you disagree with the applicant’s claims.
Counterclaim (Respondent’s own application)
I wish to make an application for the following:
guardianship
allocation of parental responsibilities
parenting time
contact with a child
child support
spousal support
a change in or suspension or termination of an earlier order dated Date
an order to set aside or replace an agreement dated Date
an order that arrears of support be reduced or cancelled
an order for retroactive support
a protection order
other order: specify
1 — Children
Name(s) of child(ren)Birthdate(s)
Full NameDate
Full NameDate
Full NameDate
I am asking for guardianship, parenting arrangements or contact with a child as follows (complete if you are asking for guardianship, parenting arrangements or contact with a child): describe.
2 — Support(complete if you are asking for child or spousal support)
The current support arrangements are: describe.
I believe that the applicant’s gross annual income is $amount because explain.
I am asking for (complete only if you are asking for child support):
support in the amount set out in the Child Support Guidelines for number children
special or extraordinary expenses, as follows:describe.
I am asking for (complete only if you are asking for retroactive child support or retroactive spousal
support):
child support retroactive to Date because explain.
spousal support retroactive to Date because explain.
3 — Protection Orders (complete if you are asking for a protection order)
I am asking for a protection order in the following terms: describe.
Date: Date______
YOUR FULL NAME
Respondent
Name of respondent’s lawyer:
Name of Lawyer
If you are represented by a lawyer, your lawyer must complete the following certificate. Otherwise, delete.
LAWYER’S CERTIFICATE
(Family Law Act, s. 8 (2))
I, Name of Lawyer, lawyer for Full Name of Respondent, respondent, certify that, in accordance with s. 8(2) of the Family Law Act, I have
(a) discussed with the party the advisability of using various types of family dispute resolution to resolve the matter, and
(b) informed the party of the facilities and other resources, known to me, that may be available to assist in resolving the dispute.
Date: Date
NAME OF LAWYER
Lawyer for the Respondent
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