FORM 70.17A

REQUEST FOR TRIAL DATE

AND CERTIFICATE OF READINESS

            The *[Petitioner/Applicant/Respondent] requests a date for trial in this proceeding.

            All discoveries, except discovery of expert witnesses, have been completed. All interim and interlocutory applications have been completed.

            I expect that it will take *[hours/days] for the *[Petitioner/Applicant/Respondent] to present *[his/her] case and that it will take *[hours/days] for the *[Respondent/Petitioner/Applicant] to present *[his/her] case.

            I expect to call the following individuals as witnesses (identify by name and relationship to the party):

            1.

            2.

            3.

            I hereby certify that I am ready for trial.

            I further certify that I have filed with the Court and served upon the *[Respondent/ Petitioner/Applicant] the documents required of me, and will provide updated supporting documentation, as set out in the attached checklist.

            Also attached is a checklist of those documents which I have received from the *[Respondent/Petitioner/Applicant] and those documents which I require but have not received from the *[Respondent/Petitioner/Applicant].

            DATED at *[location], Nova Scotia on *[date].

                                                                                    *[A.B.,Applicant] or *[C.B., Respondent]

                                                                                    or Lawyer for *[Applicant/Respondent]

                                                                                    *Address, Telephone and Fax Number

TO:     *[A.B.,Applicant] or *[C.B., Respondent]

            or Lawyer for *[Applicant/Respondent]

            *Address, Telephone and Fax Number

AND TO:       The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Family Division)

Checklist for Certificate of Readiness

of *[Name], the *[Applicant or Petitioner] or [Respondent]

Date Prepared: (date)

A.        Documents filed and served on *[A. B., the Applicant or Petitioner] or *[C. B., the Respondent]: (check all those which apply)

☐          Application and Intake Form

☐          Petition for Divorce

☐          Affidavit of Service or Affidavit of Service (Divorce)

☐          Marriage registration

☐          Order dispensing with production of marriage registration

☐          Response to Application

☐          Answer

☐          Answer and Counter-Petition

☐          Parenting Statement

☐          Statement of Income

            ☐          Supporting Documentation as listed in Statement

☐          Statement of Special or Extraordinary Expenses 

            ☐          Supporting Documentation as listed in Statement

☐          Statement of Expenses

            ☐          Supporting Documentation as listed in Statement

☐          Statement of Undue Hardship Circumstances

            ☐          Supporting Documentation as listed in Statement

☐          Statement of Property

            ☐          Supporting Documentation as listed in Statement

☐          Previous court order(s)

☐          Other  

B.        Documents to be filed and served on *[A. B., the Applicant or Petitioner] or *[C. B., the Respondent] which shall be filed and served on or before *[ date ]:

☐          Updated supporting documentation to financial statements

☐          Other

C.        Documents received from *[A. B., the Applicant or Petitioner] or *[C. B., the Respondent]

            * [list the applicable documents]

D.        Documents required but not received from *[A. B., the Applicant or Petitioner] or *[C. B., the Respondent]

            * [list the applicable documents]