# The Magistrates' Courts (Family Law Act 1986) Rules 1988, Article 6: Duty to give statement of other proceedings


(1) A party to proceedings for or relating to a custody order in a magistrates' court in England and Wales who knows of other proceedings (including proceedings out of the jurisdiction and concluded proceedings) which relate to the child concerned shall provide to the court a statement giving the information set out in Form 2 in the Schedule to these Rules, and, for this purpose, the clerk of a magistrates' court in which proceedings for or relating to a custody order are pending shall, as soon in those proceedings as may be practicable, notify the parties of the provisions of this rule by sending to each party a notice in the said Form 2 or in a similar form.
(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in relation to proceedings commenced in a magistrates' court before 4th April 1988.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/329/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-family-law-act-1986-rules-1988/article-6
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