MyHMCTS: How to respond to a family public law order application
Guide for respondent legal representatives using family public law services with MyHMCTS.
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Use the MyHMCTS service to respond to a family public law application for:
- care orders and interim care orders
- supervision orders and interim supervision orders
- emergency protection orders
- other orders under Part 4 of the Children Act 1989
This guide includes the steps to:
- sign in and find a case
- upload and manage documents, orders and court bundles
- make an additional application
If you are an applicant local authority or legal representative, read our guidance on how to apply for a family public law order.
If you are the child’s parent or guardian and do not have a legal representation, you can read the guidance on care proceeding if your child is taken into care.
Before you start
See Register for MyHMCTS: online case management for professionals for how to create a MyHMCTS organisation account to create, manage, submit and pay for online cases.
See MyHMCTS: how to complete case administration tasks for guidance on case administration tasks in MyHMCTS, such as sharing a case, assigning a case and filing a notice of change or acting.
Updates to this page
Last updated 2 October 2024 + show all updates
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Updated the guide to include guidance for adding counsel and colleagues
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Added information on how to change the names of children or respondents.
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Added new screens and text to upload other documents guide for case file view
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Added subsection in main guide about urgent out of hours applications
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Added new help information to the guides
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Added signposting to appropriate guidance for litigant in person respondents
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Changes to guidance and screens to reflect updates in the service
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First published.