Children and money

FGM007 form: join or leave FGM protection order proceedings

Form FGM007 asks the court to join you as a party to proceedings about a female genital mutilation (FGM) protection order, or to let you cease to be a party.

Fill in the FGM007 form with Wren

How Wren helps with the FGM007

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.

  1. Plain questions, one at a timeEach part of the FGM007 becomes short questions in everyday words. Answer at your own pace and come back to it.
  2. Help beside each questionWhat the question is asking and what the official guidance says about it, in plain English.
  3. The official form, filled inYour answers go into the official FGM007. You check it, sign it and send it yourself. Nothing goes to the court for you.
  4. 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 FGM007 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 to be joined as, or cease to be, a party to a female genital mutilation (FGM) protection order: Form FGM007
The rule
A person may apply to be joined as a party or to cease to be a partySource: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)

Who uses the FGM007

Anyone affected by the proceedings who wants to become, or stop being, a party. If you are in immediate danger, call 999.

When it is used

When FGM protection order proceedings are under way.

Before you start

  • Your details, unless kept confidential on Form C8.
  • Your reasons.
  • Each respondent's details.

How to fill in the FGM007

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.

Section 1

About you and any solicitor.

Section 2

Your reasons.

Section 3

The respondents to be served.

Section 4

Interpreter and needs at court.

Statement of truth

Signed on the printed form.

Prepare your FGM007 with Wren Family

Wren Family turns official forms into short, plain-English questions you can answer at your own pace. You check everything before you send it: nothing goes to the court for you.

Get started

Free for 14 days, no card. Then £19.99 a month, with your money back within 14 days if it’s not right.

What happens after you send it

The court can grant an application to join, fix a hearing, or invite written representations first. You can prepare the form in Wren once it is available in the Forms list. Wren does not file, serve or send anything for you.

Common mistakes

  • Putting confidential contact details on the form.

Common questions

Can the court join someone without an application?

Yes. FPR rule 11.6 lets the court direct it of its own initiative.

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.

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