When is the deadline for reply in a family law proceeding?
The catalogue records a 10 days period from Service of the answer, or of the answer and counter-petition, on the petitioner. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 10 days
- Trigger
- Service of the answer, or of the answer and counter-petition, on the petitioner
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- r 13-7.
- Added on verification. TRAP: the family reply period is 10 days, not the 8 days that applies to a civil reply under r 3-17(3). In the case of a counter-petition the reply constitutes the answer to the counter-petition (r 15-22(2)), so allowing this period to lapse where a counter-petition has been served exposes the petitioner to being noted in default on the counter-petition.