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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-95",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2795",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/95",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "95",
  "heading": "Power of the court to proceed in the absence of a party",
  "text": "(1) Where the applicant or any respondent fails to attend the hearing of an application, the court may proceed in his absence.\n(2) Where—\n(a) the applicant or any respondent fails to attend the hearing of an application; and\n(b) the court makes an order at the hearing,\nthe court may, on application or of its own initiative, re-list the application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/2447",
      "affecting_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) (Amendment) Rules 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/638",
      "affecting_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) (Amendment) Rules 2009"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2795/article/95",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:01.488224+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."
}