C66 Application for an order under the High Court inherent jurisdiction in relation to children (06.16) © Crown copyright 2016
C66
Your name (the applicant(s))
The respondent’s name(s)
Summary of application
To be completed by the court
Name of court
Date issued
Case number
Please list the name(s) of the child(ren) and the type(s) of order you are applying for, starting with the oldest.
Name of child(ren) Gender Date of birth Order(s) applied for.
D D
/
M M
/
Y Y Y Y
D D
/
M M
/
Y Y Y Y
D D
/
M M
/
Y Y Y Y
D D
/
M M
/
Y Y Y Y
Application for inherent
jurisdiction order in
relation to children
In the High Court of Justice Family Division
Principal Registry/District Registry.
Before completing this application please read the booklet ‘CB1 – Making an application – Children and the
Family Courts’. You can get a copy of all the forms and leaets from your local court or they can be found at
hmctsformnder.justice.gov.uk
Cafcass/CAFCASS CYMRU will carry out checks as it considers necessary.
Cafcass - Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (in England); CAFCASS CYMRU -
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service Wales.
Give details of any xed
hearing date or period?
Help with Fees – Ref no.
(if applicable)
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1. About you (the applicant)
Your rst name
Middle name(s)
Surname
Previous surnames (if any)
Date of birth
D D
/
M M
/
Y Y Y Y
Gender Male Female
Place of birth
(town/county/country)
If you do not wish your address to be made known to the
respondent, leave the address details blank and complete
Condential Address Form C8. You can get a copy of this form from any
family court ofce or from our website at hmctsformnder.justice.gov.uk
Address
Home telephone number
Mobile telephone number
Have you lived at this address
for more than 5 years?
Yes No
If No, please provide details of all previous addresses you have lived at
for the last 5 years.
Postcode
3
Do you have a solicitor acting
for you?
Yes No
If Yes, please give the following details
Your solicitor’s name
Name of rm
Address
Telephone number
Fax number
DX number
Solicitor’s Reference
Fee account no.
Your solicitor’s details
Postcode
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2. The child(ren)
Please give details of the child(ren) and the order(s) you are applying for.
If there are more than 4 children please continue on a separate sheet.
Child 1
Child’s rst name
Middle name(s)
Surname
Gender
Male Female
Child 2
Child’s rst name
Middle name(s)
Surname
Gender
Male Female
Child 3
Child’s rst name
Middle name(s)
Surname
Gender
Male Female
Child 4
Child’s rst name
Middle name(s)
Surname
Gender
Male Female
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Relationship to the child(ren)
Name of child Relationship
If you do not wish the child’s address to be made known to the
respondent, leave the address details blank and complete Condential
contact details form C8. You can get a copy of this form from any family
court ofce or from our website at hmctsformnder.justice.gov.uk
Child(ren)’s address
(If known)
Any other information about the
child’s whereabouts. If you do
not know where the child is you
must state this.
Do you have any reason to
believe that any child, parent
or potentially signicant adult in
the child’s life may be habitually
resident in another state?
Yes No
If Yes, please give details
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Please give brief details
about why you are making
this application including any
facts you are relying on.
Does your application include
any issues under the Human
Rights Act 1998?
Yes No Don’t know
4. Why are you making this application?
3. About your application
What do you want the
court to do?
Do not give a full statement, please provide a summary. You may be
asked to provide a full statement later.
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5. Family mediation
If you did not use mediation
please explain why.
Have you used family mediation
to attempt to agree arrangements
for your children?
Yes No
You can nd your nearest family mediation
service by visiting the government’s website
DirectGov (www.direct.gov.uk) and search
using the words ‘family mediation’. You will
nd a database of accredited family mediation
services on the website
6. Risk
Do you believe that the child(ren)
named at Section 2 have suffered
or are at risk of suffering any harm
from any of the following:
• any form of domestic abuse
• violence within the household
• child abduction
• other conduct or behaviour
by any person who has had
contact with the child?
Yes No
If Yes, please complete form C1A (Supplemental information form).
If Other, please give details
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7. Other court cases which concern the child(ren) listed at Section 2
Are you aware of any other court
cases now, or at any time in the
past, which concern any of the
child(ren) at Section 2?
Yes If Yes, please attach a copy of any relevant order and
give additional details below
No If No, please go to Section 8
Additional details
Name of the court where
proceedings heard
Case no.
Date/year (if known)
Name of Cafcass/CAFCASS
CYMRU ofcer
If the above details are different for each child please provide
details on additional sheets.
Name of child(ren)
Type of proceedings if known -
please tick all that apply
Emergency Protection Order
Yes No
Supervision Order
Yes No
Care Order
Yes No
Child abduction
Yes No
Family Law Act 1996 Part 4 (proceedings for
non-molestation order or occupation order)
Yes No
A contact or residence order (Section 8 Children
Act 1989) made within proceedings for a divorce
or dissolution of a civil partnership
Yes No
A contact or residence order (Section 8 Children
Act 1989) made in connection with an Adoption
Order
Yes No
An order relating to child maintenance
(Schedule 1 Children Act 1989)
Yes No
A child arrangements order
(Section 8 Children Act 1989)
Yes No
Please tick if additional
sheets are attached.
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8. The respondents
If there are more than 2 respondents please continue on a separate sheet.
Respondent’s rst name
Middle name(s)
Surname
Previous surnames (if known)
Date of birth
D D
/
M M
/
Y Y Y Y
Gender Male Female
Place of birth
(town/county/country, if known)
Address
Have they lived at this address
for more than 5 years?
Yes No Don’t know
If No, please provide all previous addresses for the
last 5 years below, if known.
Relationship to the child(ren)
Name of child Relationship
Respondent 1
Postcode
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Respondent’s rst name
Middle name(s)
Surname
Previous surnames (if known)
Date of birth
D D
/
M M
/
Y Y Y Y
Gender Male Female
Place of birth
(town/county/country, if known)
Address
Have they lived at this address
for more than 5 years?
Yes No Don’t know
If No, please provide all previous addresses for the
last 5 years below, if known.
Relationship to the child(ren)
Name of child Relationship
Respondent 2
Postcode
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9. Statement of truth
(*Delete as appropriate)
*(I believe)(The applicant believes) that the facts stated in this
application are true.
*I am duly authorised by the applicant to sign this statement.
Print full name
Signed
*(Applicant)(Legal Representative)(Applicant’s solicitor)
Date
D D
/
M M
/
Y Y Y Y
Proceedings for contempt of court may be brought against a person who
makes or causes to be made a false statement in a document veried by
a statement of truth.
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10. Attending the court
If you require an interpreter, you must tell the court now so that one can be arranged.
If Yes, please specify the language and dialect:
Do you or any of the parties
need an interpreter at court?
Yes No
If attending the court, do you or
any of the parties involved have
a disability for which you require
special assistance or special
facilities?
Yes No
If Yes, please say what the needs are
Please say whether the court
needs to make any special
arrangements for you to attend
court (e.g. providing you with a
separate waiting room from the
respondent or other security
provisions).
Court staff may get in touch with you about the requirements
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You must attach one of the following documents to this application for
each child.
a certied copy of a full birth certicate that gives details of the
child’s mother and father
or
a certied copy of the entry in the Adopted Children’s Register
or
if neither is available, I request to the court to give directions at the
rst hearing as to proof of the child’s birth
A full birth certicate shows
surname, forenames, date of birth,
sex, place of birth (where known),
parent(s) name(s), their address and
occupation at time of registration.
11. Documents to be attached
In urgent cases, the court may allow the application to be issued
without the Birth Certicate, Certied entry in the Adopted Children’s
Register or directions as to the proof of the child’s birth.
Please conrm when copies of the Certicate/entry to Adopted
Children’s Register/directions as to proof of the child’s birth will
be made available to the court
D D
/
M M
/
Y Y Y Y
TAKE NOTICE that-
(1) You must within 14 days of service of this application le in the court mentioned on the C6 Notice of
proceedings a notice stating your address and the whereabouts of the child (or that you are unaware of
the child’s whereabouts if that is the case).
(2) Unless the court directs otherwise you must serve a copy of that notice on the applicant.
(3) If you subsequently change your address or become aware of any change in the child’s whereabouts,
you must, unless the court directs otherwise, le in the above-mentioned court notice of your new
address or of the new whereabouts of the child, as the case may be, and serve a copy of that notice on
the applicant.
Any notice required to be lodged in the above-mentioned court shall be sent to the court address or delivered
to Family Division of the High Court, 1
st
Mezzanine, Queens Building, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London
WC2A 2LL.
To the respondent(s) (other than the child)