{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-4-1971/article-35",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1971/1269",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 4) 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-4-1971",
  "path": "article/35",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Appendix A shall be amended as follows:—\n(1) In Form No. 4 (General form of writ of summons for use in probate action)—\n(a) in the heading, for the words “Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division (Probate)” there shall be substituted the words “Chancery Division (Probate)”.\n(b) the paragraph headed “DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING APPEARANCE” shall be deleted, and the following paragraph shall be inserted in its place:—\n“DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING APPEARANCE\nThe defendant may enter an appearance in person or by a solicitor either (1) by handing in the appropriate forms, duly completed, at the Central Office, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL or (2) by sending them to that Office by post. The appropriate forms may be obtained by sending a postal order for [insert current price] with an addressed envelope, foolscap size, to the Clerk of Accounts, Vote Office, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL.”\n(2) In Form No. 14 (Memorandum of Appearance), in the paragraph beginning “To be completed in duplicate”, for the words “(probate action)” there shall be substituted the words “(Family Division proceedings)”.\n(3) In Form No. 87 (Notice of motion for writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum), Form No. 88 (Notice directed by Court of adjourned application for writ of habeas corpus), Form No. 89 (Writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum) and Form No. 90 (Notice to be served with writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum), after the words “Queen's Bench Division” wherever they appear there shall be inserted the words “[or Family Division as the case may be]”.\n(4) In Form No. 104 (Attachment of earnings order under the Maintenance Orders Act 1958), for the words “Division” in the heading there shall be substituted the words “Family Division”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/1269/article/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:42:03.117618+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."
}