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)

245. Applications and documents with no specific court forms

(1) 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:

(2) 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

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

(2) The use of the court forms is mandatory unless otherwise stated in the “Remarks” column.

(3) 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.

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)