Procedure following service of a petition for judicial separation (pre-DDSA 2020)


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Practice notes

Procedure following service of a petition for judicial separation (pre-DDSA 2020)


Published by a ÑÇÖÞÉ«ÇéÍø Family expert

Practice notes
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This Practice Note explains the process following service of the Judicial separation petition (application for a matrimonial order), in relation to applications issued after 6 April 2022. It sets out the time within which the acknowledgment of service must be returned. It explains what a respondent who wishes to defend proceedings must do and the time within which an answer must be filed and also what a respondent who wishes to seek a matrimonial order must do.

Note that the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (DDSA 2020) is in force from 6 April 2022. Proceedings issued by the court on or after 6 April 2022 will be subject to the provisions of DDSA 2020 and the changes to procedure under the amended Family Procedure Rules 2010, SI 2010/2955. For further information, see Practice Note: Introduction to the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020.

Proceedings issued by the court on or before 5 April 2022 will continue to progress under the pre-DDSA 2020 law. Such applications will not be impacted by the

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What does Judicial separation mean?

An order of the court enabling the parties to a marriage to (lawfully) live separately although to remain married.

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