Family Procedure Rules (FPR)

Family Procedure rules (fpr)

The Family Court is obliged to follow that Family Procedure Rules (FPR). These rules are designed to inform you and the court as to ‘what’ to do when you have a case in the Family Court. The rules are supplemented by Practice Directions (PDs). The PDs will inform you ‘how’ to do something at court.  The number of each PD coincides with the Part of the Rules to which it relates e.g. Part 12 of the Rules deals with proceedings relating to children (excluding adoption) and practice directions 12A to 12P are the accompanying practice directions for that Rule. There is also an extensive suit of forms which accompany the Rules. 

These rules are available online. The rules are also available as a hard copy in a book format, as per the picture above. The book is (informally) called the red book.