In the Family Court sitting at [court name] Case No: [case number] [ The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 OR The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 and Schedule 7 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 OR The Civil partnership Act 2004 OR The Child Support Act 1991 OR The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 ] The [Marriage OR Civil Partnership OR Relationship] of [applicant name] and [respondent name] After hearing [name the advocate(s) who appeared] After consideration of the documents lodged by the parties [[IN THE CASE OF AN ORDER MADE WITHOUT NOTICE] After reading the statements and hearing the witnesses specified in para [para number] of the Recitals below] Order made by [name of judge] on [date] sitting in [open court OR private][ FOLLOWING A [RESERVED OR WRITTEN OR EXTEMPORE] JUDGMENT GIVEN on [DATE]] Warning: if you do not comply with this order, you may be held TO BE in contempt of court and you may be sent to prison, be fineD, or have your assets seized. The parties 1 The applicant is [applicant name] The [first] respondent is [respondent name] [The second respondent is [respondent name]] [The third [etc] respondent is [respondent name]] [The intervener is [intervener name]] [[SPECIFY IF ANY

Standard orders are template court orders issued by the President of the Family Division, the use of which has been strongly encouraged. The rationale behind the project is to avoid time and money that is wasted in the process of drafting orders that could, and therefore should, be standardised.

This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, both children and financial arbitration standard orders issued by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division, including orders in relation to a stay, adjournment or enforcement. On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, with the authority of the President of the Family Division,

This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, child abduction standard orders issued by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division, including in relation to proceedings under the 1980 Hague Convention, the 1996 Hague Convention, the Family Law Act 1986 and Brussels II bis (where applicable under transitional and saving provisions post-Brexit). Orders issued include those in relation to directions, disclosure, return and non-return orders, transfers and wardship. On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, with the authority of the President of the

This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, civil restraint orders issued by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division, comprising limited, general and extended civil restraint orders. On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, with the authority of the President of the Family Division, announced

This Practice Note provides information about and access to committal standard orders produced by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division. It includes Forms FC600, FC601, FC602, FC603 and FC604 issued for use in contempt proceedings and orders which relate specifically to judgment summons. On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, with the authority of the President of the Family Division, announced that the standard orders in volume 1 (financial remedies orders) and volume 2 (children and other orders)

This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, standard orders issued by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division in relation to declarations, comprising declarations as to legitimacy or legitimation, adoptions effected overseas, marital status and parentage. On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, with the authority of the President of the

This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, disclosure standard orders issued by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division including a disclosure order for medical information, disclosure orders as to a child’s whereabouts and an order for the disclosure by the police of relevant criminal material into care proceedings. On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, with the authority of the President of the Family Division, announced that the standard orders

This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, domestic abuse, forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) standard orders issued by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division, including occupation and non-molestation orders and orders under the Family Law Act 1996 (FLA 1996) and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (DAA 2021). On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, with the authority of the President of the Family Division, announced that the standard orders in volume 1 (financial remedies orders) and volume 2 (children and other orders) were updated to reflect developments in law and practice since May 2024. The house rules remain unchanged. See News Analysis: Amended family standard orders published. On 21 May 2026, Peel J announced that standard order 10.2 non-molestation order (example short form) had been updated to include at

This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, enforcement standard orders issued by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division including an order for sale, and orders for possession, attachment of earnings, charging orders and third party debt, together with warrants for control and delivery. On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of

This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, financial standard orders issued by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division, including standard order 2.1, the financial remedy order that may be utilised either in relation to an order made by consent or at a final hearing, directions orders (long and short), the consent order under the accelerated first appointment procedure (amended in accordance with the Financial remedies guide (March 2026)) and search and freezing orders. On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, with the authority of

This Practice Note provides information about and access to the standard orders produced by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division and endorsed by the President. It contains links to the standard orders and sets out the history of the standard orders project. On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, with the authority of the President of the Family Division, announced that the standard orders in volume 1 (financial remedies orders) and volume 2 (children and other orders) were updated to reflect developments in law and practice since May 2024. The house rules remain unchanged. See News Analysis: Amended family standard orders published. On 21 May 2026, Peel J announced that standard order 10.2 non-molestation order (example short form) had been updated to include at the beginning the address and date of birth of the respondent to the application, as required for police database purposes. On 14 July 2026, Peel J announced that selected standard orders had been updated following discussions between