How to abandon an appeal (Form 61K) — and autofill rcp-61k with my-id.ca
Withdraw an appeal without retyping party and counsel details
Parties abandoning civil appeals or cross-appeals repeat appellant and respondent identities, counsel contacts, and court file references on every Form 61K 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 61K - Court of Justice Act. Notice of Abandonment of Appeal or Cross-Appeal — rcp-61k
What this form is about
Form rcp-61k is Form 61K — Notice of Abandonment of Appeal or Cross-Appeal under the Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Civil Procedure — confirm abandonment procedure on ontariocourts.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Appellant or cross-appellant legal name and address.
- Respondent name and address.
- Counsel name, firm, address, and contacts.
- Court file number — prepare with counsel.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your party and counsel 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 Form 61K filed?
- When voluntarily abandoning an appeal or cross-appeal — confirm costs consequences with counsel.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills party and counsel identity fields.
- How does Form 61L relate?
- Form rcp-61l is a notice of election to proceed with a cross-appeal.
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.