Consultation outcome

Court orders relating to family law

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 12 February 2014
• Last updated: 17 April 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Consultation on court orders and pre-proceedings: government response

Ref: DFE-00382-2014

PDF, 274 KB, 24 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of consultation responses, the main findings and the government’s response.

In response to this consultation, the Department for Education published the revised statutory guidance on the ‘Children Act 1989: court orders’.

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Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on revised statutory guidance to reflect legislative changes to public and private family law orders.

This consultation ran from
9am on 12 February 2014 to 5pm on 26 March 2014

Consultation description

We are consulting on changes to the statutory guidance on the Children Act 1989. The guidance relates to public and private family law orders and is being updated in light of the Children and Families Bill 2014.

Documents

Court orders relating to family law

PDF, 165 KB, 3 pages

Court order consultation - response form

MS Word Document, 52.8 KB

Draft statutory guidance on court orders and pre-proceedings

PDF, 601 KB, 45 pages

Annexes to statutory guidance on court orders

MS Word Document, 297 KB

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Published 12 February 2014
Last updated 17 April 2014 + show all updates

1. 17 April 2014

   Published government response to the consultation.

2. 12 February 2014

   First published.