{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-12.49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-12.49.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/12.49",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12.49",
  "heading": "Answer",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and to any directions given under rule 12.48, a respondent must file and serve on the parties an answer to the application within 7 days beginning with the date on which the application is served.\n(2) The court may direct a longer period for service where the respondent has been made a party solely on one of the following grounds—\n(a) a decision relating to custody has been made in the respondent's favour; or\n(b) the respondent appears to the court to have sufficient interest in the welfare of the child.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/12.49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:56.480940+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."
}