Part 27: Applicability of Court Forms

PART 27: APPLICABILITY OF COURT FORMS For the complete documentation index, see llms.txt. Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending .md to page URLs; this page is available as Markdown.

PART 27: APPLICABILITY OF COURT FORMS 245. Applications and documents with no specific court forms 246. General matters to note 247. Table of Forms Forms in Appendix A (Forms for use in Family Justice (General) Rules 2024) Forms in Appendix B (Common forms for use in Family Justice (General) Rules 2024 and Family Justice (Probate and Other Matters) Rules 2024) Forms in Appendix C (Forms for use in Family Justice (Probate and Other Matters) Rules 2024) Forms in Appendix D (Forms for use in Family Justice (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2024) Appendix E (Sample Bills of Costs) Forms in Appendix F (Forms for use in Family Justice (Criminal Proceedings in Youth Courts) Rules 2024)

245. Applications and documents with no specific court forms Where a party is to file an application or document and there are no court forms specified for such application or document in the tables (“Table of Forms”) in paragraph 247(3), he or she shall file the application or document using the relevant form in the right column of the table below corresponding to the type of application / document:

245. Applications and documents with no specific court forms The generic forms listed in sub-paragraph (1) are to be used only for proceedings under the Family Justice (General) Rules 2024 or the Family Justice (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2024. For proceedings under the Family Justice (Probate and Other Matters) Rules 2024, refer to the applicable Rules of Court 2021 forms with suitable modifications.

246. General matters to note Where a court form is remotely composed on the applicable Electronic Filing Service, a party is to use the version of the form in the Electronic Filing Service.

247. Table of Forms The Table of Forms in sub-paragraph (3) sets out the applicable court forms to be used for specific applications or documents.

247. Table of Forms The use of the court forms is mandatory unless otherwise stated in the “Remarks” column. Where different versions of the same court form are set out in the Table of Forms, any appropriate version of that court form may be used.

247. Table of Forms The information in the column titled “When should the form be used?” is to give general guidance to the court user. For further details, please refer to the cover notes to individual forms (if any), the corresponding Family Justice (General) Rules 2024, Family Justice (Probate and Other Matters) Rules 2024, Family Justice (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2024 and these Practice Directions.