# The Family Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 3.3: The court’s duty to consider non-court dispute resolution


(1) The court must consider, at every stage in proceedings, whether non-court dispute resolution is appropriate.
(1A) When the court requires, a party must file with the court and serve on all other parties, in the time period specified by the court, a form setting out their views on using non-court dispute resolution as a means of resolving the matters raised in the proceedings.
(2) In considering whether non-court dispute resolution is appropriate in proceedings which were commenced by a relevant family application, the court must take into account –
(a) whether a MIAM took place;
(b) whether a valid MIAM exemption was claimed ...; and
(c) whether the parties attempted mediation or another form of non-court dispute resolution and the outcome of that process.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/3.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-3.3
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