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This document contains the following information: Family law: report on jurisdiction in matrimonial causes.
This document contains the following information: Family law: the effect of divorce on wills.
This Statutory Instrument (SI) to be made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 will ensure that the UK is ready, after Brexit, to apply the 2007 Hague Convention on the international recovery of maintenance.
This document contains the following information: Report on family law
How the government is working to make the family justice system work better for families and put children’s needs first at all times.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Guide for respondent legal representatives using family public law services with MyHMCTS.
Research on the effect of the revised public law outline (PLO) on the practice and processes of 6 local authorities.
Annual publication of interests of members of the Family Procedure Rule Committee.
Research on experts in public family law - based on a 433 random case sample.
Family forms including the form to apply for a non-molestation order or an occupation order (Form FL401).
Guides for local authorities or their solicitors using MyHMCTS to make a family public law order application.
Controlled work form: for when advising parents or those with parental responsibility for a child under section 31 proceedings.
Annual reports from the FPRC covering the reporting period.
Guidance on children and the family courts for separated parents.
This document contains the following information: Family law: the ground for divorce.
We're seeking views on revisions made to include asylum seeking children being brought to the UK under the Dublin III Regulation to join family or relatives.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
This guide gives information on the general law that governs family and property relations in Egypt.
Immigration staff guidance on foreign national offender (FNO) cases with families, and in particular children under 18, in the UK.
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