Guides
Family court guides, one step at a time
What happens at each hearing, what the rules ask of you and when, and how to prepare the papers the court expects.
Children cases
- After a child arrangements order: following, changing or enforcing it
- Cafcass safeguarding checks and the safeguarding letter: what to expect
- What happens at a final hearing in a child arrangements case?
- Courses, tests and contact centres the court can direct in a children case
- What happens at a dispute resolution appointment (DRA)?
- What happens at a FHDRA (first hearing dispute resolution appointment)
- What is a MIAM and do you need one before applying to court about a child?
- Parenting plans: writing down arrangements for your children
- How to respond to a C100 application about a child
- What is a section 7 report in a child arrangements case?
Money and property
- What to do before applying to court for a financial order
- Carrying out a financial order after divorce or dissolution
- How to apply for a financial consent order
- What happens at an FDR appointment (financial dispute resolution)
- How to complete Form E and give financial disclosure
- What happens at a final hearing in a financial remedy case
- How the financial remedy process works after divorce or dissolution
- What happens at a first appointment in a financial remedy case
- Using a single joint expert in a financial remedy case
For any case
Writing a statement? See the statement guides together.
- Asking for records and reports for a family case
- Costs in family cases: who pays, costs estimates and court fees
- How to prepare a court bundle for a family court hearing
- Going to a family court hearing in person: what happens on the day
- Statements for the family court: what you may need and how to write them
- Giving evidence at a family court final hearing: how it works
- How to get help paying family court fees (Help with Fees and EX160)
- How to write a position statement for a family court hearing
- Preparing for family mediation after your MIAM
- Family court orders: what they look like, checking them and keeping track of directions
- Serving court papers in a family case: who does it, how, and how to prove it
- Getting support in a family case: McKenzie friends, free help and legal advice
- Video and phone hearings in the family court: how to join and prepare
- How to write a witness statement for the family court
- Writing to the other side and to the court in a family case
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