{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-16.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-16.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/16.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16.2",
  "heading": "When the court may make a child a party to proceedings",
  "text": "(1) The court may make a child a party to proceedings if it considers it is in the best interests of the child to do so.\n(2) This rule does not apply to a child who is the subject of proceedings—\n(a) which are specified proceedings; or\n(b) to which Part 14 applies.\n(The Practice Direction 16A sets out the matters which the court will take into consideration before making a child a party under this rule.)",
  "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/16.2",
    "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."
}