ONTARIO

SEAL

Court File Number

(Name of court)
Form 8A: Application
(Divorce)
at Simple (divorce only)
Court office address Joint
Applicant(s)
Full legal name & address for service street & number, municialit!,
ostal code, tele"one & fa# numbers and e$mail address (if an!)%
&a'!er(s name & address street & number, municialit!, ostal code,
tele"one & fa# numbers and e$mail address (if an!)%

Respondent(s)
Full legal name & address for service street & number, municialit!,
ostal code, tele"one & fa# numbers and e$mail address (if an!)%
&a'!er(s name & address street & number, municialit!, ostal code,
tele"one & fa# numbers and e$mail address (if an!)%

IN THIS CAS! TH A""#ICANT IS C#AI$IN% DI&'RC 'N#()
T' TH RS"'NDNT(S): A C'*RT CAS F'R DI&'RC HAS +N STARTD A%AINST ('* IN THIS
C'*RT) TH DTAI#S AR ST '*T 'N TH ATTACHD "A%S)
THIS CAS IS 'N TH STANDARD TRAC, 'F TH CAS $ANA%$NT S(ST$) No co-rt date .as /een set
0or t.is case but, if you have been served with a notice of motion, it has a court date and you or your lawyer should
come to court for the motion. A case management judge will not be assigned until one of the arties as!s the cler! of
the court to schedule a case conference or until a notice of motion under subrule "#$%& is served before a case
conference has been held. 'f, after ()) days, the case has not been scheduled for trial, the cler! of the court will send
out a warning that the case will be dismissed in *) days unless the arties file roof that the case has been settled or
one of the arties as!s for a case conference or settlement conference.
IF ('* 1ANT T' '""'S AN( C#AI$ IN THIS CAS! you or your lawyer must reare an Answer $Form ") + a
blan! coy should be attached&, serve a coy on the alicant and file a coy in the court office with an Affidavit of
Service $Form ,-&. ('* HA& 'N#( 23 DA(S AFTR THIS A""#ICATI'N IS SR&D 'N ('* (43 DA(S IF
THIS A""#ICATI'N IS SR&D 'N ('* '*TSID CANADA 'R TH *NITD STATS) T' SR& AND FI#
AN ANS1R) IF ('* D' N'T! TH CAS 1I## %' AHAD 1ITH'*T ('* AND TH C'*RT $A( $A, AN
'RDR AND NF'RC IT A%AINST ('*)
IF ('* 1ANT T' $A, A C#AI$ 'F ('*R '1N! you or your lawyer must fill out the claim ortion in the Answer,
serve a coy on the alicant$s& and file a coy in the court office with an Affidavit of Service.
5 'f you want to ma!e a claim for suort but do not want to ma!e a claim for roerty or e.clusive ossession of
the matrimonial home and its contents, you $*ST fill out a Financial Statement $Form "*&, serve a coy on the
alicant$s& and file a coy in the court office.
5 /owever, if your only claim for suort is for child suort in the table amount secified under the Child
Suort 0uidelines, you do not need to fill out, serve or file a Financial Statement.
5 'f you want to ma!e a claim for roerty or e.clusive ossession of the matrimonial home and its contents,
whether or not it includes a claim for suort, you $*ST fill out a Financial Statement $Form "*.", not Form
"*&, serve a coy on the alicant$s&, and file a coy in the court office.
('* SH'*#D %T #%A# AD&IC A+'*T THIS CAS RI%HT A1A() 'f you cannot afford a lawyer, you may be
able to get hel from your local Legal Aid 1ntario office. ()ee !our tele"one director! under &*+A& AI,%)
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THIS CAS IS A J'INT A""#ICATI'N F'R DI&'RC) TH DTAI#S AR ST '*T 'N TH ATTACHD
"A%S) 5he alication and affidavits in suort of the alication will be resented to a judge when the
materials have been chec!ed for comleteness.
'f you are re6uesting anything other than a simle divorce, such as suort or roerty or e.clusive ossession of
the matrimonial home and its contents, then refer to age " for instructions regarding the Financial Statement you
should file.
,ate of issue Cler- of t"e court
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Form 8A: Application (Divorce) (pa6e 2) Court File Number
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FA$I#( HIST'R(
A""#ICANT: Age7 -irthdate7 (d, m, !)
2esident in (municialit! & rovince)
since (date)
Surname at birth7 Surname just before marriage7
8ivorced before9 No :es (.lace and date of revious divorce)

RS"'NDNT8J'INT A""#ICANT:
Age7 -irthdate7 (d, m, !)
2esident in (municialit! & rovince)
since (date)
Surname at birth7 Surname just before marriage7
8ivorced before9 No :es (.lace and date of revious divorce)

R#ATI'NSHI" DATS:
;arried on (date) Started living together on (date)
Searated on (date) Never lived together
TH CHI#D(RN)
&ist all c"ildren involved in t"is case, even if no claim is made for t"ese c"ildren%
F-ll le6al name A6e
+irt.date
(d,m,!)
Resident in
(municialit! & rovince)
No9 #ivin6 1it.
(name of erson and relations"i to
c"ild)







"R&I'*S CASS 'R A%R$NTS
/ave the arties or the children been in a court case before9
No :es (Attac" a )ummar! of Court Cases Form /*%)
/ave the arties made a written agreement dealing with any matter involved in this case9
No :es (+ive date of agreement% Indicate '"ic" of its terms are in disute% Attac" an additional age if !ou
need more sace%)

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C#AI$S
*S THIS FRA$ 'N#( IF THIS CAS IS A J'INT A""#ICATI'N F'R DI&'RC
1 J'INT#( AS, TH C'*RT F'R TH F'##'1IN%:
Claims -nder t.e Divorce Act Claims -nder t.e Family Law Act or
Childrens Law Reform Act
Claims relatin6 to property
)) a divorce ") sousal suort () e6uali<ation of net family
roerties
)" sousal suort "" suort for child$ren& +
table amount
)( suort for child$ren& +
table amount
(" e.clusive ossession of
matrimonial home
"( suort for child$ren& +
other than table amount
)* suort for child$ren& +
other than table amount
(( e.clusive ossession of
contents of matrimonial
home
"* custody of child$ren&
)# custody of child$ren& "# access to child$ren&
)% access to child$ren& "% restraining=non>harassment
order
(* free<ing assets
(# sale of family roerty
", inde.ing sousal suort
"? declaration of arentage
"3 guardianshi over child@s
roerty
't.er claims
*) costs
*" annulment of marriage
*( rejudgment interest
%) 1ther ()ecif!)

*S THIS FRA$ 'N#( IF TH A""#ICANT;S 'N#( C#AI$ IN THIS CAS IS F'R DI&'RC)
I AS, TH C'*RT F'R:
(C"ec- if alicable%)
)) a divorce *) costs
I$"'RTANT FACTS S*""'RTIN% TH C#AI$ F'R DI&'RC
Separation: 5he souses have lived searate and aart since (date) and
have not lived together again since that date in an unsuccessful attemt to reconcile.
have lived together again during the following eriods$s& in an unsuccessful attemt to reconcile7 (+ive dates%)

Ad-ltery: (Name of souse) has committed adultery.
(+ive details% It is not necessar! to name an! ot"er erson involved but if !ou do name t"e ot"er erson, t"en !ou must
serve t"is alication on t"e ot"er erson%)

Cr-elty: (Name of souse) has treated (name of
souse)
with hysical or mental cruelty of such a !ind as to
ma!e continued cohabitation intolerable. (+ive details%)

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*S THIS FRA$ 'N#( IF THIS CAS IS A J'INT A""#ICATI'N F'R DI&'RC)
5he details of the other order$s& that we jointly as! the court to ma!e are as follows7 (Include an! amounts of suort and
t"e names of t"e c"ildren for '"om suort, custod! or access is to be ordered%)

I$"'RTANT FACTS S*""'RTIN% '*R C#AI$(S)
()et out t"e facts t"at form t"e legal basis for !our claim(s)% Attac" an additional age if !ou need more sace%)

.ut a line t"roug" an! blan- sace left on t"is age%
Comlete t"is section if !our onl! claim is for a divorce% 0our la'!er, if !ou are reresented, must comlete t"e &a'!er(s Certificate belo'%

,ate of signature )ignature of alicant
Comlete t"is section if !ou are ma-ing a 1oint alication for divorce% 0our la'!er, if !ou are reresented, must comlete t"e
&a'!er(s Certificate belo'%

,ate of signature )ignature of 1oint alicant

,ate of signature )ignature of 1oint alicant
#A1(R;S CRTIFICAT
;y name is7
and ' am the lawyer for (name) in this divorce case. ' certify that
' have comlied with the re6uirements of section A of the ,ivorce Act.

,ate )ignature of &a'!er
;y name is7
and ' am the lawyer for (name) in this divorce case. ' certify that
' have comlied with the re6uirements of section A of the ,ivorce Act.

,ate )ignature of &a'!er
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