Family court fees
The court fee for each form, taken from the same checked facts as the form pages. Fees change, so each one names its source. If you are on benefits or a low income, you may not have to pay: see help with fees.
Children cases
- A58
- GOV.UK gives the court fee as £212. You may be able to get help with fees. Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- C1
- £270 for a new Children Act application from 13 July 2026, for example special guardianship. Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- C2, on notice
- £195 where the other side is told and no other fee applies. Source: Applications within proceedings (fees order 5.3) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- C2, by consent or without notice
- £62, for example to ask to adjourn or vacate a hearing. Source: Applications within proceedings (fees order 5.1) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- C13A
- GOV.UK gives the cost of applying as £270. You may be able to get help with fees. Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- C79
- £270 for an enforcement order or compensation for financial loss. Source: Children: Applications under the Children Act 1989 (fees order 2.1) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- C79, for breach or changes
- £119 to revoke, amend, extend or act on breach of an existing enforcement order. Source: Children: Applications under the Children Act 1989 (fee 2.1t) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- C100
- £270 from 13 July 2026. You may be able to get help with fees. Source: Children: Applications under the Children Act 1989 (fees order 2.1) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- LOC022
- GOV.UK gives the fee to enrol a deed poll as £53.05 Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- LOC024, in court
- GOV.UK gives £14 if the declaration is made in court Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
Money and property
- D11
- EX50 lists £195 for an application on notice where no other fee applies, and £62 by consent or without notice Source: Applications within proceedings (fees order 5.3) (external source, opens in a new tab); Applications within proceedings (fees order 5.1) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- D50K
- £63 Source: Family enforcement proceedings (fees orders 12.1-12.5) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- D62
- £85 (fees order 12.4). Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- D81
- £62 for an application by consent Source: Financial orders (fees order 5.1) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FE6
- £44 for each charging order applied for (fees order 12.3). Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FE7
- £44 for each charging order applied for (fees order 12.3). Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FE15
- £39 for each debtor against whom the order is asked for (fees order 12.5). Help with fees may be available. Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Form A, not agreed
- £321 Source: Financial orders (fees order 5.4) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Form A, consent order
- £62 Source: Financial orders (fees order 5.1) (external source, opens in a new tab)
Either kind of case
- D13B
- The form does not print a fee. EX50 lists £62 for an application made without notice where no other fee applies; check with the court. Help with fees may be available. Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- D70
- £426 for a declaration as to marital status. Help with fees may be available. Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- D89
- £47 for bailiff service of any document. There is no fee for bailiff service of an application for a non-molestation, occupation, domestic abuse protection, forced marriage protection or FGM protection order. Help with fees may be available. Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- D440
- £89 for each 10-year period searched in the Central Index. Help with fees may be available. Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FC600
- The form prints a fee of £195, and no fee where the application follows a breach of a non-molestation or occupation order. Help with fees may be available. Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FL401
- No fee for a non-molestation or occupation order Source: Applications for injunctions - family homes and domestic violence (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FP2, on notice
- £195 for an application on notice where no other fee is specified (fees order 5.3), from 13 July 2026. Source: Applications within proceedings (fees order 5.3) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FP2, by consent or without notice
- £62 for an application by consent or without notice where no other fee is specified (fees order 5.1), from 13 July 2026. Source: Applications within proceedings (fees order 5.1) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FP161, Children Act appeals
- £251 for an appeal about a Children Act 1989 decision, from 13 July 2026. Source: Appeals under Children Act 1989 (external source, opens in a new tab)
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