{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-8.39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-8.39.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/8.39",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8.39",
  "heading": "Service of the application",
  "text": "(1) The applicant must serve the application and a copy of the applicant's written evidence on—\n(a) any respondent;\n(b) the person in whose favour the reviewable disposition is alleged to have been made; and\n(c) such other persons as the court directs.\n(2) Where an application includes an application relating to land, the applicant must serve a copy of the application on any —\n(a) mortgagee;\n(b) trustee of a trust of land or settlement; and\n(c) other person who has an interest in the land,\nof whom particulars are given in the application.\n(3) Any person served under paragraph (2) may make a request to the court in writing, within 14 days beginning with the date of service of the application, for a copy of the applicant's written evidence.\n(4) Any person who —\n(a) is served with copies of the application and the applicant's written evidence under paragraph (1); or\n(b) receives a copy of the applicant's written evidence following a request under paragraph (3),\nmay, within 14 days beginning with the date of service or receipt, file a statement in answer.\n(5) A statement in answer filed under paragraph (4) must be verified by a statement of truth.",
  "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/8.39",
    "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."
}