813. Applications based on Book II of the Civil Code of Québec or on the Divorce Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter 3, 2nd Supplement) are instituted by filing in the office of the court a declaration or a motion stating the object of the application, the grounds on which it is founded and the conclusions sought.
Except where otherwise provided in this Title, the applications referred to in the first paragraph follow the general rules applicable to other actions and the designation of the parties, as well as the notice to the defendant, follows the rules provided for writs of summons.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 813; 1982, c. 17, s. 29; 1986, c. 55, s. 8.