Family Procedure Rules meaning

This flowchart sets out the steps to be taken on an application for a reporting restriction order under the Family Procedure Rules 2010, PD 12I (Applications for reporting restriction orders) and the Practice Note (Official Solicitor: Deputy Director of Legal Services: Cafcass: Applications for reporting restriction orders), also known as the Cafcass Practice Note. For comprehensive, practical guidance on each stage shown and on transparency in the family courts—covering overviews, Practice Notes, precedents, procedural guides, client guides, legislation, forms and further reading—see: Media access and transparency—overview, or select the related documents listed on the right-hand side of the flowchart. For focused guidance on reporting restriction orders, consult the following Practice Notes: Reporting restriction orders—procedure Reporting restriction orders and notifying the media For information about providing advance notice to the media of a reporting restriction order application, refer to: Giving advance notice to the media of a reporting restriction order application—flowchart. For the full collection of Lexis+® UK flowcharts spanning numerous...

Applications under Part 18 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 This flowchart outlines the steps to follow for applications made under Part 18 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010. It applies where a party: seeks to make an application within ongoing family proceedings; intends to commence proceedings where the rules prescribe no other procedure; wishes to make an application in connection with proceedings that have already concluded. For detailed practical guidance on the steps in the flowchart—including relevant overviews, Practice Notes, precedents, procedural guides, client guides, legislation, forms and further reading—see: Applications under FPR 2010, Parts 18 and 19—overview, or use the related documents on the right-hand side of the flowchart. For information on all Lexis+® UK flowcharts covering a wide range of family law issues and the procedural steps to be taken in various family proceedings, see: Index of family flowcharts...

Pilot express financial remedy (EFR) procedure This flowchart explains the pilot express financial remedy (EFR) route for financial remedy applications where the parties’ combined net assets are below £250,000 (pension rights excluded). It applies from 7 April 2025 upon the commencement of Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), PD 36ZH. It outlines who qualifies for the EFR pathway and the papers that each side must lodge and swap in advance of the first EFR hearing as per PD 36ZH...

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Where a respondent (debtor) cannot be located, enforcing an order becomes problematic. If nothing useful is known and no redirection address exists, information may be sought from government departments. This Practice Note explains when departmental data may be obtained to identify a debtor/respondent’s address, the steps for making an application, the relevant Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955—most notably FPR 2010, PD 6C and FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, Pt 18—and summarises the details government departments require. It covers applications issued on or after 6 April 2022; for the Practice Direction that applied to applications issued before 6 April 2022, see the earlier version referenced there... Application On an applicant’s request, the court may ask government departments to disclose the address of a debtor who cannot be traced. The governing provisions sit within FPR 2010. From 18 January 2023, FPR 2010, PD 6C was replaced by a revised PD 6C for applications issued on or after 6 April 2022; for the previous iteration applicable to earlier applications,...

The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (DDSA 2020) The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (DDSA 2020) took effect on 6 April 2022. Proceedings issued by the court on or after 6 April 2022 will be governed by the provisions of DDSA 2020 together with the related procedural alterations under the amended Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955. For further information, see Practice Note: Introduction to the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 and Amended, supplemental and further applications in proceedings issued on or after 6 April 2022 (post-DDSA 2020). By contrast, proceedings issued by the court on or before 5 April 2022 will continue to progress under the pre‑DDSA 2020 law, whether they were lodged via the digital system or submitted using paper forms. Such applications will not be affected by DDSA 2020 coming into force, nor by the consequential alterations to procedure. This document sets out the position for proceedings issued prior to 6 April 2022. Legislative changes have been implemented as a consequence...

This Practice Note This Practice Note sets out the actions a respondent should take once served with an application for a matrimonial or civil partnership order in proceedings begun under the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (DDSA 2020). It specifies the deadline for filing the acknowledgement of service, clarifies when a case is disputed, and explains the 20‑week period. It also describes the route for an applicant (or joint applicants) to request a conditional order. DDSA 2020 came into effect on 6 April 2022. Proceedings issued by the court on or after 6 April 2022 are governed by DDSA 2020 and by the procedural amendments in the Family Procedure Rules 2010, SI 2010/2955 (FPR 2010). For more on the reforms introduced, see Practice Note: Introduction to the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020. Proceedings issued by the court on or before 5 April 2022 will continue in line with the pre‑DDSA 2020 framework, whether submitted through the His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) online service or using...

The court holds comprehensive jurisdiction to sanction or decline a financial remedy consent order embodying the parties’ bargain (see section 33A of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) and the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, 9.26). Yet the court is neither ‘a rubber stamp’ nor a ‘bloodhound’ or ‘forensic ferret’ (see Pounds v Pounds and L v L). Its jurisdiction cannot be excluded. The court undertakes an autonomous and independent evaluation to enable it to discharge and fulfil its statutory duties by reference to the relevant factors set out in the MCA 1973, s 25...

Both the High Court and the Family Court possess jurisdiction to issue injunctions, whether interlocutory or final, and to appoint a receiver whenever it is considered just and convenient to do so. Any order can be made unconditionally or subject to such terms and conditions as the court deems appropriate, pursuant to section 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981, which applies in the Family Court as it does in the High Court...

A request for a legal services order constitutes an interim step, brought under the specified procedure in the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, Pt 18...