Commencement etc of proceedings Commencement etc of proceedings

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

• rule 2.59 rev.in pt. and amended by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 9
• rule 2.62 rev.in pt. and amended by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 12
• rule 2.70 rev.in pt. and amended by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 18
• Form M5, paras.b-c, Note 5 rev.in pt. and amended by Family Proceedings 1996 rule 3(1)(a)-(c)
• Pt IVA added by Family Proceedings 1994 rules 3, 4
• Pt. 2 heading words substituted by Family Proceedings 2005 rule 5