Rule 2.54 Application by parent, guardian etc for ancillary relief in respect of children

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

rules 10.24-10.25 added by Family Proceedings 1993 rule 6
rules 2.53,2.54 amended by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 7
rules 2.71-2.77 revoked by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 19
rules 3.1-3.20 (Pt.III) am. (references to any of rules 2.52-2.70 shatl be read as references to those rules as they were before these rules came into force) by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 20
rules 3.21-3.23 added by Family Proceedings 1993 rule 4
rules 2.71-2.77 added by Family Proceedings 1997 rule 4
rule 2.45A-2.45B inserted by Family Proceedings 2003 rule 3
rule 2.54(1)(d) words substituted by Family Proceedings 2005 rule 48

(1)

Any of the following persons, namely—

(a)

a parent or guardian of any child of the family,

(b)

any person in whose favour a residence order has been made with respect to a child of the family, and any applicant for such an order,

(c)

any other person who is entitled to apply for a residence order with respect to a child,

(d)

a local authority, where an order has been made under section 30(1)(a) of the Act of 1989 placing a child in its care,

(e)

the Official Solicitor, if appointed the guardian ad litem of a child of the family under rule 9.5, and

(f)

a child of the family who has been given leave to intervene in the cause for the purpose of applying for ancillary relief,

may apply for an order for ancillary relief as respects that child by notice in Form M11.

(2)

In this rule “residence order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8(1) of the Act of 1989.