{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-17/chapter-1/rule-17.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-17/chapter-1/rule-17.7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1035",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Rules 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017",
  "path": "part/17/chapter/1/rule/17.7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "17.7",
  "heading": "Procedure where appointment of a litigation friend comes to an end for a child",
  "text": "When a child reaches 18, provided the child is neither—\n(a) P; nor\n(b) a protected party,\nthe litigation friend's appointment ends and the child must serve notice on every other party—\n(i) stating that the child has reached full age;\n(ii) stating that the appointment of the litigation friend has ended; and\n(iii) providing an address for service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1035/part/17/chapter/1/rule/17.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:10.291890+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}