Maintenance For matters concerning maintenance, you are required to complete a Statement of Means with the District Court office. This is a document that sets out your weekly income and expenses together with details of your assets and liabilities. It is intended to assist the Court in deciding how much your living costs are so …
You may be able to get free legal aid to cover your Court action. You will need to make a formal application to the Legal Aid Board, and you will need to provide some financial information to show that you are not in a position to pay for the hearing. Once you have been told …
A friend or family member can accompany you to the Courthouse, but they will not be allowed to come into the Court room itself as all family law cases must be heard “in camera”. This means that no-one else is allowed to come into the Court room apart from the applicant and respondent and their …
Your application form will show the date of the hearing, the location of the Court house, the number of the Court and the time of the hearing. It will usually be 10.30am or 11.45am. You should go to the Court for this time. At the time, there will be an announcement in the Court which …
The Court offers a range of assistance to help people who are victims of domestic violence. The two main items are a Protection Order and Safety Order. These two applications go together as the Protection Order is put in place until the full hearing of a Safety Order takes place. As it can take …
For any application involving the care of children, you will also need to make an application in the District Court office where you will have to complete a Statement of Arrangements. This is a document which sets out details of the current care of the children so that the judge can have this to …
Situations can arise where you will need to go to Court and ask the judge to decide on specific issues surrounding a child’s passport. There are three main situations where you will need the Court’s intervention:- One guardian refuses to sign the application form. Both guardians need to sign the application form. If one …
The law provides that different Orders apply depending on the relationship between the applicant and respondent. Some Orders may not be available or necessary. For example, an applicant who was in an intimate relationship with the respondent but who did not live with them is not entitled to obtain an emergency barring order. In …
You may be able to get free legal aid to cover your Court action. You will need to make a formal application to the Legal Aid Board, and you will need to provide some financial information to show that you are not in a position to pay for the hearing. Once you have been told …
A friend or family member can accompany you to the Courthouse, but they will not be allowed to come into the Court room itself as all family law cases must be heard “in camera”. This means that no-one else is allowed to come into the Court room apart from the applicant and respondent and …
