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Family Court in St. John's, NL
Supreme Court of NL — General Division (Family)
Address
Atlantic Place, 215 Water Street, 8th Floor, St. John's, NL A1C 6C9
Phone
709-729-1004
Hours
Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Parking / transit
Paid parking lots downtown; metered street; Metrobus #1 / #3
Courts that sit here
- Supreme Court of NL (General Division — Family)
- Family Justice Services intake
Filing your documents
Filing methods at this courthouse:
- In-person at the counter
- By mail
Local practice notes
St. John's is NL's primary family courthouse, serving the Avalon Peninsula. The Family Justice Services Building at 21 King's Bridge Road handles pre-court mediation and parent-information sessions — most parenting matters pass through here before reaching contested motions. Highest family-court volume in NL. Atlantic Place is the contested-hearing location.
Duty counsel
NL Legal Aid duty counsel available — intake at the Family Justice Services Building.
Self-rep resources at St. John's
- Family Justice Services intake (21 King's Bridge Rd) — mandatory mediation for most parenting cases
- Parenting After Separation Program — required attendance for most parenting matters
- NL Legal Aid intake — for low-income parents
- Public Legal Information Association (PLIAN) — self-help resources
✓ Family Law Information Centre (FLIC) on-site — free procedural help for self-represented parties. They can walk you through forms and the family-court process. They cannot give legal advice.