Supreme Court Process
Resources
- To learn more about Supreme Court visit the Supreme Court of BC website.
- Family Law in BC’s Step by Step Guide on the Supreme Court process.
Steps to a Supreme Court Process
If you are pursuing your family case in the Supreme Court, you will want to understand what the road ahead will look like. But remember, just like in the Provincial Court, you can settle at any time. In fact, it’s only a small fraction of cases that make it to trial.
The Steps to Supreme Court:
Step 1: File and serve your claim and response
Step 2: Attend Judicial Case Conference
Step 3: Attend a Trial Management Conference
Step 4: Settlement Conference
Step 5: Attend Trial
You can see the discovery process (the exchange of information) on the right occurs after step 1 and continues until trial. You can also make an interim application anytime before trial. Along the other side you can see that you can reach a settlement at any point throughout the process. Refer to Preparing Yourself and Reaching Agreement to learn more about reaching agreements.