The family court practice 2009

The acknowledged authority on practice and procedure in family courts are relied upon every day by the judiciary, barristers, solicitors and justices' clerks. "The Family Court Practice" covers the entire range of family business in every level of court.

In just one volume it contains fully and expertly annotated statutes and rules together with scores of unique step-by-step procedural guides, which direct the user effortlessly to the relevant rules and annotation.

This title features substantial updating of case-law under the Adoption and Children Act 2002, the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 and the Children Act 1989 to reflect all recent developments.

It includes new procedural guide and commentary on applications for forced marriage protection orders. This title also features: coverage of the new powers under the Children and Adoption Act 2006 to impose directions and conditions on contact orders; detailed consideration of the court's jurisdiction to order the publication of information relating to proceedings held in private o Enhanced commentary to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 including pre-nuptial agreements and pension orders; all fee information that is updated to reflect the introduction of the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 and the Magistrates' Courts Fees Order 2008; full text of the Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008 and the Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) Directions 2009; and, important new Practice Directions and related guidance, including PD of 14 January 2009 (Residence and Contact Orders: Domestic Violence and Harm).