Form C2
| Published date | 21 March 2018 |
| Subject Matter | Children Act forms |
C2
Application
• For permission to start proceedings
• For an order or directions in existing
proceedings
• To be joined as, or cease to be, a party in
existing family proceedings under the
To be completed by the court
The Family Court sitting at
Date issued
Case number
Help with Fees –
Ref no. (if applicable) – –
H W F
Before completing this form please read the leaet ‘CB1 – Making an application – Children and the Family Courts’.
You can get a copy from your local court or online at hmctsformnder.justice.gov.uk
• Failure to complete every question or state if it does not apply, could delay the case, as the court will have to
ask you to provide the additional information required.
• If there is not enough space please attach separate sheets.
• Cafcass/CAFCASS CYMRU will carry out checks as it considers necessary. See Section J of leaet CB1 for more
information about Cafcass and CAFCASS CYMRU.
If you are applying for one of the following private law Children Act 1989 orders you must le a separate completed
FM1 form with this application:
• A parental responsibility order (sections 4(1)(c), 4ZA(1)(c) or 4A(1)(b) of the Children Act 1989) or an order
terminating parental responsibility (sections 4(2A), 4ZA(5) or 4A(3) of that Act).
• An order appointing a child’s guardian (section 5(1) of the Children Act 1989) or an order terminating the
appointment (section 6(7) of that Act).
• An order giving permission to change a child’s surname or remove a child from the United Kingdom
(sections 13(1) or 14C of the Children Act 1989).
• A special guardianship order or an order varying or discharging such an order (section 14D of the Children
Ac t 1989 ).
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