Which Ontario family court form do you need?

Ontario's family-court forms are numbered, not named for the situations they cover, so it is genuinely hard to tell which one you need. This free selector asks a handful of plain-language questions about your circumstances — married or common-law, whether you want a divorce, whether anything is contested, and what you are claiming — and maps your answers to the specific forms most people in your situation typically start with. It is a guided wizard, not a calculator: there are no numbers to work out, just your situation to describe.

The forms fall into a few groups. If you are married and want the court to end the marriage, that is Form 8A, the divorce Application. If any issue is unresolved or you are making claims around parenting, support, or property, you generally start with Form 8, the general Application. A parenting claim adds Form 35.1, the affidavit that supports it. And if money is in play, you file a financial statement — Form 13 when the only issue is support, or Form 13.1 when property or equalization is involved, which replaces Form 13. Nearly every case also needs Form 6B, the affidavit of service that proves the other party received your documents.

This selector deliberately stays small. It covers the forms that start a case and set out the common claims, but it does not cover motions or urgent relief — those follow their own rules and are better sorted with the court office or a lawyer. Form numbers, names, and rules also change over time, and your situation may carry details a short wizard cannot capture, so treat the checklist as a well-informed starting point. It shows you where to look and what to confirm, not what to file. Always check the exact forms for your case with the court or a lawyer before you file, and use the official links to get the current version of each form.