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Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of financial provision, from underlying principles considered by the court to applications under specific legislation. Not forgetting in-depth practical guidance on specialist areas.
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Get stuck into all areas of private children law, from fundamental principles to evidence and procedure. Plus subtopics to make sure practitioners have the relevant practical guidance at their fingertips.
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In family law, half the battle is keeping on top of the latest case law, legislation, precedents and forms. Lexis+® Family brings everything together for you online, in one place.
Latest Family News
This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights considers recent judgments on parental responsibility and orders under section 91(14) of the...
Private Client analysis: This application came before the court as a reconsideration of Mrs Parr’s application to be appointed as her daughter’s...
Private Client analysis: Mr Riddle appealed against DJ MacCuish’s refusal of Mr Riddle’s application for costs following his application, which...
This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes a reminder that the President of the Family Division’s non-molestation orders guidance...
This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the updated Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Guide 2025, the ALC’s Family...
Latest Family Practice Notes
Brexit timelineOn 23 June 2016, the UK held a referendum on its membership of the EU, with a majority voting in favour of the UK leaving the EU. On 29...
Brexit legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the...
Court of Protection—permission to applyFor certain applications to the Court of Protection (the court), the applicant used to have to obtain...
Introduction to the EU GDPR and UK GDPRThis Practice Note provides an introduction to both the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation...
Data protection principlesFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 19 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Bill received Royal Assent, becoming the Data (Use and...
Latest Family Precedents
Divorce (same–sex marriage)—client guide (post-DDSA 2020)This document provides general guidance regarding divorce procedure. Your family lawyer will...
Divorce—client guide (post-DDSA 2020)This document provides general guidance regarding divorce procedure. Your family lawyer will be able to provide...
Standard order 10.1—non-molestation orderIn the Family Courtsitting at [Court name]Case No: [Case number]Non-Molestation OrderThe Family Law Act...
Letter of instruction to a single joint expert to value chattels, jewellery or antiques1IntroductionThis letter is written as a joint instruction to...
Notice to show cause applications—client guideThis document provides general guidance regarding notice to show cause applications in family...
Latest Family Q&As
Featured Family content
Procedure—Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989
Procedure—Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989This Practice Note sets out the procedural requirements in relation to an application under Schedule 1 to...
Applications under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Applications under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997This Practice Note explains the six criminal offences that may be committed under the...
Striking out a statement of case
Striking out a statement of caseThis Practice Note explains the court's power to strike out a statement of case. It summarises the grounds on which a...
The grounds on which a marriage is void
The grounds on which a marriage is voidA void marriage is one that will be treated by the court as never having taken place. The grounds on which a...
Sequestration (confiscation of assets) within contempt proceedings
Sequestration (confiscation of assets) within contempt proceedingsSequestration is a process for dealing with a contempt of court that would be...
Application to vary, extend or discharge a non-molestation or occupation order
Application to vary, extend or discharge a non-molestation or occupation orderUnder the Family Law Act 1996 (FLA 1996) a non-molestation order is an...
Notice to show cause applications in family proceedings
Notice to show cause applications in family proceedingsIf one party considers that an agreement has been reached (usually in relation to financial...
What is the procedure to withdraw an application made on Form C100?
Pre-nuptial agreements—client guide
Pre-nuptial agreements—client guideThis document provides general guidance regarding pre-nuptial agreements. Your family lawyer will be able to...
Steps to take after a client meeting
Steps to take after a client meetingFile noteA file note (also known as an attendance note) should be prepared immediately after the first interview,...
Is a divorce petition a public document and can anyone request a copy? If not, is there anything to prevent a party to a divorce from giving copies of the petition to a third party such as an employer?
Declarations of parentage—procedure
Declarations of parentage—procedureThe procedure for an application for a declaration of parentage is governed by the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR...
Working with counsel
Working with counselInstructing counsel to advocate on a client’s behalf should be a matter of careful thought and preparation. The role of counsel is...
Non-molestation orders
Non-molestation ordersUnder the Family Law Act 1996 (FLA 1996) a non-molestation order is an order prohibiting a person (the respondent) from...
Reports under section 37 of the Children Act 1989
Reports under section 37 of the Children Act 1989Under section 37 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989), the court has the power to order an...
‘Associated persons’ as defined in section 62(3) of Family Law Act 1996 includes people who have, or have had, an intimate personal relationship with each other which is or was of significant duration. How is ‘significant duration’ defined and how long is considered significant?
Financial clean break orders in family proceedings
Financial clean break orders in family proceedingsDuty of the court to consider a clean breakAlthough there is no presumption in favour of there being...
What is the procedure to withdraw a divorce petition that has already been served on the respondent? Will the respondent be notified of any application to withdraw the petition and what does the court take into account in deciding whether the petition should be dismissed?
Associated legal terms
Annex documents
In public law children proceedings annex documents are those specified in the Public Law Outline to be annexed/included with Form C110A (application for a care or supervision order and applications for other orders under Part IV of the Children Act 1989) and filed with the court.
Penal notice
A warning endorsed on a court order notifying the recipient against whom the order is made that he is liable to be committed to prison should he breach the order.
Purchased life annuity
An annuity purchased from personal (not pension) funds.
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