Resources

This is often referred to a ‘Private Law’ and includes disputes between parents about where the children should live and/or how often they should see the other parent. These disputes should be considered under the Child Arrangements Programme. This section includes documents and links relevant to ‘private law’ proceedings.

This form can be used to set out allegations of domestic abuse in private law proceedings

This Practice Direction explains the process for resolving disputes under the Child Arrangements Programme

This Guidance relates to how a private law case should be allocated to a judge in the Family Courts

This Guidance considers how the Court should attempt to manage the workload of the court and provide continuity in private law proceedings

This Practice Directions explains how the Court should deal with allegations of domestic violence in private law proceedings

These are the templates the Court should use to write out orders. There are lots of different templates depending on what type of hearing you are attending. The ‘Template Library’ contains every template paragraph and the other templates contain some of the relevant paragraphs for that type of hearing.

The President of the Family Division’s guidance in relation to these template orders is available here

These are templates which may be relevant to some types of family law proceedings

This is often referred to a ‘Public Law’ and includes disputes which involved Local Authority involvement with children. This section includes documents and links relevant to ‘public law’ proceedings.

The Public Law Outline (PLO) sets out the time frames for each stage of public law proceedings. This document provides a summary of the PLO

This is the Application Form which the Local Authority should use when they apply to initiate Court proceedings

This Practice Direction explains how the Court should deal with public law Court proceedings

This is the template which the Social Worker should use to produce reports on your case

This is the template which the Social Worker should use to produce the final report on your case in Court proceedings

This is the Guidance Social Workers should follow when completing reports

This is the guidance from the President of the Family Division on documents which should be prepared and information which should be included in the written order for public law cases

This Schedule sets out different issues to be considered and which type of judge they should be considered by

This is the template the Court should use to make directions when the Local Authority have issued a case

These are the templates the Court should use to write out orders. There are lots of different templates depending on what type of hearing you are attending. The ‘Template Library’ contains every template paragraph and the other templates contain some of the relevant paragraphs for that type of hearing.

The President of the Family Division’s guidance in relation to these template orders is available here

These are templates which may be relevant to some types of family law proceedings

In this section you will find relevant documents and links with respect to divorce, financial relief and child maintenance.

These are the most commonly used forms when petitioning for divorce or applying for a financial order:

These links may assist you with child maintenance:

You may also find the following website useful:

These are the standard orders to use when drafting directions or final orders in financial relief proceedings: