{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-16.18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-16.18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/16.18",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16.18",
  "heading": "What the court or a court officer will do once the court has made a decision about appointing a children's guardian",
  "text": "(1) Where the court appoints a children's guardian under rule 16.3 a court officer will record the appointment and, as soon as practicable, will—\n(a) inform the parties and either the Service or the Assembly; and\n(b) unless it has already been sent, send the children's guardian a copy of the application and copies of any document filed with the court in the proceedings.\n(2) A court officer has a continuing duty to send the children's guardian a copy of any other document filed with the court during the course of the proceedings.",
  "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/16.18",
    "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."
}