Rule 33 Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

For rule 34.40^f1 substitute—

“Enforcement of orders of the High Court or county court

34.40.

(1)

This rule applies where a person wishes to enforce a maintenance order obtained in the High Court or a county court (including the principal registry when treated as a divorce county court or, where the enforcement application relates to a civil partnership matter and the Maintenance Regulation, a civil partnership proceedings county court) in a Member State of the European Union or a State bound by the 2007 Hague Convention (other than a Member State of the European Union).

(2)

Subject to the requirements of Practice Direction 34A, rules 74.12 (application for a certified copy of a judgment) and 74.13 (evidence in support) of the CPR apply in relation to—

(a)

an application under Article 40(2) of the Maintenance Regulation for a certified copy of a judgment and an extract relating to that judgment in the form of Annex II to that Regulation;

(b)

an application for a certified copy of a judgment and a certificate giving particulars relating to the judgment and the proceedings in which it was given.”.