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Family Court deadline calculator
Deadlines under the Family Procedure Rules, from acknowledging an application to financial remedy directions and appeals.
England & Wales ยท Deemed service, clear days and bank holidays applied ยท Methodology
FPR r.2.9 clear days: periods of 7 days or fewer exclude non-business days. Both start and end dates are excluded. Calendar months apply to divorce proceedings.
Deadlines this calculator covers
27 encoded deadlines, each cited to its rule.
FA listing window (earliest)FPR r.9.12(1)(a)
Service of Form AFPR r.9.12(1)(b)
Form E exchangeFPR r.9.14(1)
Questionnaires / Form GFPR r.9.14(5)
Form H costs estimateFPR r.9.27(1)
Form H1 full costsFPR r.9.27(4)
Open proposals post-FDRFPR r.9.27A(1)
Open proposals (no FDR ordered)FPR r.9.27A(2)
Applicant open statementFPR r.9.28
Respondent open statementFPR r.9.28
ES1/ES2 filingPD 27A
Bundle contents agreedPD 27A s6
Bundle filed/servedPD 27A s6
Divorce reflection periodDDSA 2020
Conditional to final order gaps.1(4)(b) MCA 1973
Divorce AoS (E&W)FPR r.7.7
Divorce AoS (European)FPR r.6.42
Divorce AoS (Hague non-EU)FPR r.6.42
Care proceedings targetCA 1989 s.32(1)(a)
EPO durationCA 1989 s.45(1)
EPO discharge (earliest)CA 1989 s.45(9)
Cafcass safeguardingPD12B
SGO notice to LACA 1989 s.14A(7)
Pension transfer dayWRPA 1999 s.34
Pension implementationWRPA 1999 s.34
Appeal (standard)FPR r.30.4(2)(b)
Appeal (interim care order)FPR r.30.4(3)
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