{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-34.10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-34.10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/34.10",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "34.10",
  "heading": "Transmission of maintenance orders made in the High Court to a reciprocating country",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies to maintenance orders made in the High Court.\n(2) An application for a maintenance order to be sent to a reciprocating country under section 2 of the 1920 Act must be made in accordance with this rule.\n(3) The application must be made to a district judge in the principal registry unless paragraph (4) applies.\n(4) If the order was made in the course of proceedings in a district registry, the application may be made to a district judge in that district registry.\n(5) The application must be—\n(a) accompanied by a certified copy of the order; and\n(b) supported by a record of the sworn written evidence.\n(6) The written evidence must give—\n(a) the applicant's reason for believing that the payer resides in the reciprocating country;\n(b) such information as the applicant has as to the whereabouts of the payer; and\n(c) such other information as may be set out in Practice Direction 34A.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 2 was amended by article 4(1) and (2) of the Transfer of Functions (Magistrates' Courts and Family Law) Order 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/34.10",
    "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."
}