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Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction update no. 2 of 2024

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Published on: 16 April 2024

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LNB News 16/04/2024

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Issue Date: 16 April 2024

Published Date: 16 April 2024

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Article summary

The second Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010) Practice Direction (PD) update of 2024 has been issued, adding two new Practice Directions and a new Form FM5 (statement of position on non-court dispute resolution) to FPR 2010, PD 5A. The PD update includes a new FPR 2010, PD 8B (Application by birth parent for declaration of parentage in respect of an adopted child) in force from 8 April 2024 and a new FPR 2010, PD 41F (Proceeding by electronic means: placement proceedings) in force from 1 April 2024.

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