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The Family Court provides a forum for hearing issues relating to the family including maintenance, custody / access, family violence between spouses or between parent and child, and child protection matters. The Family Court sits only in communities outside the Regional Municipalities of Halifax and Cape Breton.

 

Family Court Forms:

The Courts website now offers some family law forms in an
"interactive" PDF format (you can fill them out on your computer)

If you live outside the Regional Municipalities of Halifax and Cape Breton and you are dealing with a family law matter other than divorce or division of property, you will go to Family Court.

For interactive family law forms used in the Family Court, <<click here >>

 

Family Court Forms On-line
(these are not interactive)

21.02A Application
21.02B Order
21.03A Application and Affidavit for Production and Inspection of Records
21.03B Application and Affidavit for Investigative Order(s)
21.03C Application and Affidavit for Order to Locate and Detain Runaway Child
21.03D Application and Affidavit for Order to Enter and Search for Child
21.04A Notice of Taking into Care
21.05A Protection Application and Notice of Hearing
21.10A Order
21.12A Application for Disposition Order and Notice of Hearing
21.12B Agency Plan for the Child's Care
21.12C Order of Dismissal
21.12D Supervision Order
21.12E Order for Temporary Care and Custody
21.12F Order for Permanent Care and Custody
21.13A Review Application and Notice of Hearing
21.14A Application Respecting Access Under an Order for Permanent Care and Custody and Notice of Hearing
21.14B Application to Terminate Order for Permanent Care and Custody and Notice of Hearing
21.14C Supervision Order
21.14D Order Terminating an Order for Permanent Care and Custody
21.15A Notice of Settlement
21.15B Acceptance of Settlement
21.15C Notice of Finding of Settlement
21.16A Application for Consent to Treatment and Notice of Hearing
21.17A Application for a Finding for Purposes of Entry in the Child Abuse Register
21.17B Notice of Objection
21.17C Notice of Default
21.17D Notice of Hearing
21.17E Order of Finding of Abuse
21.17F Application and Affidavit for Removal
21.17G Order for Removal