Family court forms
Family court forms, explained in plain English
Each page explains what an official form is for, who fills it in, what to gather first and what happens after you send it, with links to the rules it comes from.
Children
- A58Apply to adopt a child, including a stepchild
- A104A birth parent's consent to their child's adoption
- A107A parent's consent to their partner adopting their child
- C(PRA1)Agree that a father has parental responsibility
- C(PRA2)Agree that a step-parent has parental responsibility
- C(PRA3)Agree that a second female parent has parental responsibility
- C1Apply for other Children Act orders
- C1ATell the court about domestic abuse or risk of harm
- C2Ask the court for something in an existing children case
- C3Ask the court to have a child found and handed over
- C4Ask the court to find out where a child is
- C7Respond to a court application about a child
- C8Keep your contact details private from the other side
- C9Tell the court how you served documents
- C13AApply to be a child's special guardian (supplement to C1)
- C15Apply for contact with a child in care (supplement to C1)
- C63Ask the court to declare who a person's parent is
- C78Add a warning notice to an older child arrangements order
- C79Apply to enforce a child arrangements order
- C100Apply to court about arrangements for a child
- C120Witness statement template for child arrangements
- C650Challenge a children order affected by a Trimega hair-strand test
- FM1Show you went to a MIAM, for a C1 or C2 application
- LOC022Change a child's name by enrolled deed poll (the deed)
- LOC023Statement that changing a child's name is in their best interests
- LOC024Statutory declaration by someone who has known the family 10 years
- LOC028Cover sheet for each exhibit in a child deed poll application
Money and property
- D11Ask the court for an order within a money case
- D50KEnforce an unpaid financial order
- D62Ask the court to summon a debtor who has not paid
- D81Statement of information for a consent order
- D151Register a High Court maintenance order in the family court
- ES1Agreed summary of a financial remedy case
- ES2Agreed schedule of assets and income
- FE6Ask for a charging order on the debtor's land or property
- FE7Ask for a charging order on the debtor's shares or securities
- FE15Ask for money to be taken from the debtor's pay
- FE16Ask the court to search for an attachment of earnings order
- FE17Reply to an attachment of earnings application
- Form AAsk the court to decide money and property
- Form A1Apply for maintenance only (fast-track)
- Form EFinancial statement for a divorce money case
- Form E1Financial statement for other money claims
- Form E2Financial statement to change a maintenance order
- Form HEstimate of legal costs before a money hearing
- Form H1Full statement of legal costs before a final hearing
- Form PAsk a pension scheme for divorce information
- Form P1Pension sharing annex to a financial order
- Form P2Pension attachment annex to a financial order
- FP6Tell the court how and when you served documents
Used in both
- D13BAsk the court to dispense with service
- D20Medical examination statement in an annulment case
- D70Ask the court to declare a marriage or civil partnership status
- D89Ask a court bailiff to deliver the papers
- D440Ask for a search for a decree absolute or final order
- DA1Apply for a domestic abuse protection order (pilot courts)
- DA2Ask permission to apply for a DAPO for someone else
- DA3Change or end a domestic abuse protection order
- DA415Certificate of service for DAPO papers
- EX105Ask for an appeal transcript to be paid at public expense
- EX107Order a transcript of a court hearing
- EX160Ask for help paying a court fee
- EX740Ask the court to stop questioning in person (if you say you were abused)
- EX741Questioning in person: form for the person accused of abuse
- FC600Contempt application in the family court
- FGM001Apply for an FGM protection order
- FGM003Change, extend or end an FGM protection order
- FGM005Ask for an arrest warrant: FGM protection order
- FGM006Ask permission to apply for an FGM protection order
- FGM007Join or leave FGM protection order proceedings
- FL401Apply for protection from domestic abuse
- FL401AApply for a forced marriage protection order
- FL403Change, extend or end a protection order
- FL403AChange, extend or end a forced marriage protection order
- FL407Ask for a warrant of arrest after a protection order is broken
- FL407AAsk for an arrest warrant: forced marriage protection order
- FL415Statement of service for a non-molestation or occupation order
- FL430Ask permission to apply for a forced marriage protection order
- FL431Join or leave forced marriage protection proceedings
- FM5Tell the court your views on mediation and other options
- FP2General application notice in family proceedings (Part 18)
- FP8Tell the court and the other party that your solicitor has changed or stopped acting
- FP25Summon a witness to attend court or bring documents
- FP161Appeal to the Family Division of the High Court
- FP162Respond to an appeal in the Family Division of the High Court
Divorce, dissolution and separation
- D8Apply for a divorce or to end a civil partnership on paper
- D8BDispute a divorce, dissolution or separation application
- D8DEnd a marriage or civil partnership where your partner is presumed dead
- D8NApply to annul a marriage or civil partnership
- D8SApply for a legal (judicial) separation
- D10Respond to a divorce, dissolution or separation application on paper
- D36Apply to make a conditional order final on paper
- D36NApply to make a nullity order final
- D84Apply for a conditional order or separation order on paper
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