# The Family Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 6.25: Personal service


(1) Where required by another Part, any other enactment, a practice direction or a court order, a document must be served personally.
(2) In other cases, a document may be served personally except where the party to be served has given an address for service under rule 6.26(2)(a).
(3) A document is served personally on an individual by leaving it with that individual.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/6.25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.25
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