Summary of Family business priorities previously agreed with the President of the Family Division: April 2020
Work that must be done:
All urgent orders, including but not limited to:
Public Law Children:
Emergency Protection Orders
Interim Care Order
Renewal of Interim Care Order
Secure Accommodation Order
Deprivation of Liberty authorisation
Private Law Children:
Urgent applications Child Abduction Orders (including Tipstaff Orders)
Domestic Abuse (Family Law Act)
Injunctions
Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage Protection Orders
Divorce – urgent applications and decrees absolute
Court of Protection:
Urgent applications
Applications under Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 16A and s 21A
Serious medical treatment cases
Deprivation of Liberty
Form COP1 Statutory Wills – where person is near end of life.
Safeguarding applications via the Office of the Public Guardians
Work that will be done
Gatekeeping and allocation referrals – care
Gatekeeping and allocation referrals – private
Other family care orders/documents/emails
Court of Protection – welfare cases
Work that we will do our best to do
Other family private law orders/documents/emails
Adoption orders
Divorce
Financial remedy
Court of Protection – property and affairs
Probate
Digital Working
Please use online applications on GOV.UK whenever possible to assist with remote working: Divorce, for legal professionals
Financial remedy by consent, email to sign up: HMCTSFinancialRemedy@justice.gov.uk Private law C100 child arrangements
Public law, phased roll out so not available in all courts yet.
Probate, for professional applicants
