D151 form: register a High Court maintenance order in the family court
Form D151 applies to register a maintenance order made in the High Court in the family court, under section 2(1) of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958. Once registered, the order can be enforced in the family court.
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How Wren helps with the D151
Official forms are written for lawyers. With Wren you do not have to decode this one on your own, and you still follow the court’s procedure.
- Plain questions, one at a timeEach part of the D151 becomes short questions in everyday words. Answer at your own pace and come back to it.
- Help beside each questionWhat the question is asking and what the official guidance says about it, in plain English.
- The official form, filled inYour answers go into the official D151. You check it, sign it and send it yourself. Nothing goes to the court for you.
- What comes next, kept with your caseWhat usually happens after you send it, with the dates worked out from the published rules.
Time and money
- On your own
- A day or more
- With Wren
- About an hour for most forms
- Solicitor for this form
- £740 to £1,2403 to 5 hours
A solicitor’s time for the D151 can run to £1,240. With Wren it is part of £19.99 a month, and it takes about an hour for most forms rather than a day or more.
Times and hours are Wren’s estimates for a typical case, not quotes. Solicitor costs are those hours at £247 an hour, the courts’ guideline rate for a solicitor with over four years’ experience, outside London (GOV.UK, Solicitors' guideline hourly rates (in effect from 1 January 2026)). The guideline runs from £200 to £295 an hour outside London depending on experience, firms set their own rates, and VAT is added on top.
Key facts
- Official title
- Application for registration of a maintenance order in the family court: Form D151
- Edition
- 11.15 (4 pages).Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- What to send
- The application goes to the court officer at the court that made the order, with a certified copy of the order and two copies of the application (FPR 32.15).Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Registration
- The family court registers the order and notifies the High Court (FPR 32.15A).Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Fee
- EX50 does not show a separate fee for this application. Ask the court office.Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
Who uses the D151
A person entitled to payments under a maintenance order made in the High Court.
When it is used
When you want the order enforced in the family court. The application goes to the court that made the order (FPR 32.15).
Before you start
- The maintenance order, with its date and the court that made it.
- The payer's name, address, date of birth and occupation if known.
- Details of any arrears and of other proceedings about the order.
How to fill in the D151
Open each part for what it asks and how to answer it. In Wren, each part is a few plain questions, and your answers fill in the form.
Pages 1 to 3: the order and the parties
The order, the person entitled to payments, the payer, any arrears and any other proceedings.
Page 4: what is to be registered
Whether the whole order or only some paragraphs are to be registered, then the statement of truth.
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What happens after you send it
Once the order is registered it can be enforced in the family court, for example with D50K, FE15 or D62.
Common mistakes
- Not sending a certified copy of the order.
- Sending the application to a court other than the one that made the order.
Common questions
Why register the order?
Registration under the 1958 Act lets the family court enforce a maintenance order made in the High Court.
Can I register only part of the order?
The form lets you say which paragraphs are to be registered.
Where these facts come from
These are the official rules and pages this page is based on. They are listed so you can check a detail for yourself; you do not need them to use Wren. They are outside Wren and open in a new tab.
- GOV.UK: Application for registration of a maintenance order in the family court: Form D151 (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FPR 2010 Part 32: registration of orders (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Court fees (EX50) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Pinned template D151 (11.15) (external source, opens in a new tab)