How to request a litigation guardian (Form 7A) — and autofill rcp-7a with my-id.ca
Seek appointment of a litigation guardian without retyping party details
Parties requesting appointment of a litigation guardian for a person under disability repeat the person's identity, proposed guardian details, and counsel contacts on every Form 7A under the Rules of Civil Procedure. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Ontario Superior Court of Justice — ontariocourts.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Form 7a - Courts of Justice Act Request for Appointment of Litigation Guardian — rcp-7a
What this form is about
Form rcp-7a is Form 7A — Request for Appointment of Litigation Guardian under the Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Civil Procedure — confirm appointment procedure on ontariocourts.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Person under disability full legal name and address.
- Proposed litigation guardian name and address.
- Counsel name, firm, address, and contacts.
- Court file number and proceeding type — prepare with counsel.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your party and guardian identity details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- When is a litigation guardian needed?
- When a party lacks capacity to conduct litigation — confirm with counsel.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills the person under disability, proposed guardian, and counsel identity fields.
- Is this the same as a guardian of property?
- No — a litigation guardian represents someone in court; property guardianship uses different forms.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.