{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/6.20",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.20",
  "heading": "Power of the court to dispense with service of the application",
  "text": "(1) The court may dispense with service of the application where it is impracticable to serve the application by any method provided for by this Part.\n(2) An application for an order to dispense with service may be made at any time and must be supported by evidence.\n(3) The court may require the applicant to attend when it decides the application.",
  "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/6.20",
    "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."
}