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Where can I find out more about going to Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court Rules describe court procedures in detail, and are available on-line:
- Rule 60 deals with divorce and family law in general
- Rule 60(D) discusses the rules around disclosing financial details in a family law proceeding, and
- Rule 60(E) explains the Judicial Case Conference.
Others that may be of interest include:
- Rule 18A - summary trial
- Rule 35 - pre-trial conference
- Rule 39 - trial
- Rule 40 - evidence and procedure at trial
- Rule 44 - interlocutory applications
- Rule 51A - setting down applications for hearing in chambers.
In addition:
- the Legal Services Society has developed on-line self-help kits for the Supreme Court, dealing with how to get a divorce, how to apply for a custody, guardianship, access or support order, how to apply to change a child support order and how to apply for an indigency order if you cannot afford the Supreme Court court fees
- the "Consolidated Family Law Practice Directions #1 - 6" on the Supreme Court's web site provide information on recent legislative amendments as well as changes in court policy and registry practice.
- A Kids’ Guide to Separation and Divorce and A Teen Guide to Parental Separation and Divorce include information about going to court written especially for children and teens.
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