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The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 at a glance

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Can COVID-19 be a Barder event? (HW v WW)

The following Family news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can COVID-19 be a Barder event? (HW v WW)

Can care orders and special guardianship orders coexist? (Re F and another)

The following Family news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can care orders and special guardianship orders coexist? (Re F and another)

Unsuccessful family provision claim by the adult children of the deceased (Miles and another v Shearer)

The following Family news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Unsuccessful family provision claim by the adult children of the deceased (Miles and another v Shearer)

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Declarations of parentage—procedure

The procedure for an application for a declaration of parentage is governed by the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, Pt...

General principles—lump sum orders

This Practice Note sets out the general principles to be applied by the court when considering whether to make a lump sum order within financial...

The grounds on which a marriage is voidable

A decree of nullity granted after 31 July 1971 in respect of a voidable marriage operates to annul the marriage with effect from decree absolute and...

Specimen statement of issues for a first appointment—financial remedy application

In the Family Court sitting at [location][Case No]Between1[insert name] ApplicantAnd2[ insert name] RespondentStatement of issues for the First...

Practice notes

Amended, supplemental and further petitions

The distinction between an amended petition, a supplemental petition and a further petitionWhere it is necessary in some way to amend a petition...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Statements of truth in family proceedings

This Practice Note is impacted by the exit of the UK from the EU on 31 January 2020. This has implications for practitioners when considering an...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Child Arrangements Programme—the procedure for section 8 applications

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...

9th Nov

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Void and voidable marriages

The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) sets out the grounds on which a marriage is void or voidable and the bars preventing the grant of a decree...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Undefended divorce proceedings

Online divorceOn 6 May 2018 the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) launched its online divorce service nationwide for the public acting as litigants in person....

9th Nov

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The grounds on which a marriage is void

A void marriage is one that will be treated by the court as never having taken place. The grounds on which a marriage will be void are set out in...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Emergency prohibited steps and child arrangements orders

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Capitalised maintenance—Duxbury calculations

The basis of Duxbury calculationsA Duxbury calculation is an actuarial calculation designed to identify the capital sum required to meet a periodical...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Drafting the terms of a financial consent order

This Practice Note sets out the basic principles to be applied when drafting a financial consent order including the preparation and structure of the...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Grounds for judicial separation

Applications for judicial separation are relatively rare in practice. It may arise where the client has strong religious and or cultural reasons for...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Application to vary, extend or discharge a non-molestation or occupation order

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...

9th Nov

COVID-19

Practice notes

Decree absolute—divorce

Online divorceWhere a divorce is proceeding via the online service note that while rules relating to divorce proceedings are generally to be found in...

9th Nov

Practice notes

The no order principle

This Practice Note explains the no order principle contained in section 1(5) of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989). It explains when the principle...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Pension attachment orders

The power to make pension attachment orders (previously referred to as earmarking orders) arises from the insertion of sections 25B–25D of the...

Produced in partnership with Rebecca Dziobon of Penningtons Manches Cooper 12th Jan

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Private children—paramountcy of the child's welfare

The paramountcy principleWhen any court determines any question with respect to:•the upbringing of the child, or•the administration of the child's...

9th Nov

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Notice of acting

Case number [insert number][In the principal registryORIn the [insert court location] FAMILY court]Sitting at [insert place]Notice of...

9th Nov

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Media access to family proceedings

Media access to family proceedingsCoronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all...

15th May

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Transparency in the family courts

Transparency in the family courtsCoronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all...

15th May

Q&As

In proceedings under the Family Law Act 1996 (FLA 1996), findings were made that could affect a party's capacity to continue their professional career. Does that party have a duty to self-report the findings? Is evidence given in FLA 1996 proceedings confidential and if the other party disclosed a copy of the order with the findings to the relevant professional body, what would be the consequences for the disclosing party?

By virtue of Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 (FLA 1996), the court has the power to make a non-molestation order and/or an occupation order. The...

Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk 13th Feb

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Where a non-molestation order has been made by the court, can copies of the order be distributed to members of the public?

A non-molestation order is made under the Family Law Act 1996 (FLA 1996) and is available to prohibit a person from molesting another person with whom...

Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk 8th Jan

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Can a reporting restrictions order which is served on media organisations via email be good service? If so, are there any specific requirements?

Notwithstanding the commitment by the President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, to transparency and openness in the family courts, there...

Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk 8th Jan

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The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 at a glance

Can COVID-19 be a Barder event? (HW v WW)

Can care orders and special guardianship orders coexist? (Re F and another)

Unsuccessful family provision claim by the adult children of the deceased (Miles and another v Shearer)

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Declarations of parentage—procedure

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