Uncontested divorce intake

About you

First name

Full legal names, exactly as they appear on government identification. No initials.

Middle name

Last name

Other names you use or have used

Your surname at birth

Your surname immediately before the marriage

Street address

City

Province

Postal code

Phone

Email

Date of birth

Place of birth

City and country.

Occupation

Your approximate annual income

The court's forms ask for it where there are children or a support claim. A round figure is fine.

Living in British Columbia since

A rough date is fine. The court needs one of you to have been ordinarily resident in the province for the period the Divorce Act requires before the application is filed.

Before this marriage, you were

Never marriedDivorcedWidowed

Your spouse

Their first name

Full legal names, exactly as they appear on government identification. No initials.

Their middle name

Their last name

Their surname at birth

Their surname immediately before the marriage

The city they live in

Their date of birth

Their place of birth

City and country.

Their occupation

Their approximate annual income, if you know it

Living in British Columbia since

If they live outside the province, leave it blank.

Before this marriage, they were

Never marriedDivorcedWidowedI am not sure

Does your spouse have a lawyer?

YesNoI am not sure

Only if it applies to you.

Their lawyer's name

Does your spouse agree to the divorce?

A joint application, where you both sign, is the simplest route. A divorce can still proceed without agreement, but it is a different process.

YesNoI am not sure

The marriage and the separation

When you started living together

Leave it blank if you did not live together before the marriage.

Date of the marriage

Where you were married

City and country.

Do you have the marriage certificate?

The court requires proof of the marriage. If you married outside Canada, obtaining the certificate, and a certified translation if it is not in English or French, is often the slowest step, so start now.

YesNo

Only if it applies to you.

Is it in English or French?

YesNo

Date you separated

The day one of you decided the relationship was over and made that known. You can be separated while still under the same roof.

Did you try living together again after separating?

YesNo

Only if it applies to you.

When, and for how long

The court asks, because a short attempt to reconcile does not restart the clock and a long one can.

The ground for the divorce

We have lived separate and apart for the period the Divorce Act requiresSomething else, which I would rather discuss

Is everything settled: parenting, child support, spousal support, property and debt?

Yes, all of itSome of itNo

Only if it applies to you.

What is not yet settled

Children of the marriage

A child of the marriage is a child of either of you who is still a minor, or who is an adult but still depends on you, including stepchildren and adopted children. The court will not grant a divorce until it is satisfied that reasonable arrangements for their support are in place.

Are there children of the marriage?

YesNo

Only if it applies to you.

How many?

More than four: list the rest in the notes at the end.

One childTwo childrenThree childrenFour children

Child 1

Fill in as many as apply and leave the rest blank.

First name

Last name

Date of birth

Lives mainly with

MeMy spouseBoth of us, on a scheduleSomeone else

Child 2

First name

Last name

Date of birth

Lives mainly with

MeMy spouseBoth of us, on a scheduleSomeone else

Child 3

First name

Last name

Date of birth

Lives mainly with

MeMy spouseBoth of us, on a scheduleSomeone else

Child 4

First name

Last name

Date of birth

Lives mainly with

MeMy spouseBoth of us, on a scheduleSomeone else

Parenting and support

Only if it applies to you.

The parenting arrangement as it actually runs now

Who the children are with on which days, and how decisions about them are made. The court asks for this.

Only if it applies to you.

Are you asking the court for a parenting order as part of the divorce?

YesNoI am not sure

Reaching you

How you would rather be contacted, who to thank for sending you, and anything the questions above did not cover.

How would you rather be contacted?

PhoneEmailEither

Only if it applies to you.

Who should we thank?

Optional, and the only reason we ask is so we can.

Anything else we should know

Anything the questions above did not cover. A previous divorce, a spouse outside Canada, a name change you want as part of the order, anything that worries you.

Before you send it

I confirm that what I have entered is accurate as far as I know, and I understand that the firm will use it to open my file, run the conflict and identification checks the Law Society requires, and contact me to proceed. Submitting this does not by itself create a solicitor-client relationship, and nothing here is legal advice.