By Leah Caldwell | Family & Children | September 2024

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Guide to making a C2 form application

If you are applying for a court order regarding child arrangements, the formal process is to make an application on a C100 form.

However, in certain circumstances, detailed below, it will be necessary to make an additional application using a C2 form. In this guide, we will outline in what circumstances you may need a C2 form application and how to apply.

What is a C2 form application in family law?

There are three circumstances where you may need to make an application using a C2 form.

Permission to start an application

Certain people (including parents of a child) can apply to the court for a child arrangement order as of right. However, there may be some people in the children's lives who need to ask permission from the court, for example, a grandparent. They would need to request permission from the court to make a C2 form application.

To make updates during an ongoing child arrangement case

You may need to change the arrangements, want to get an expert to give evidence when the hearing happens, or need to ask for an urgent hearing. In this circumstance, rather than submit a new C100 form application, you can make an application using the C2 form.

To add or remove someone from the initial application

There might be a time when someone wishes to be removed from an application for child arrangements, or be added to them. Most commonly, this would be a grandparent being added to the initial C100 application involving the separating parents.

It should be noted that the court will only accept orders if it considers the order in the best interests of the child.

How to complete a Form C2 application

The C2 form is relatively short and requests mostly factual information, such as the names and addresses of the people involved. However, it must be completed accurately and with the right amount of information for the courts to be able to make a decision.

Is there an alternative to a C2 Form application?

Child mediation services are often an effective way of having difficult discussions, such as child arrangements after a divorce or separation, to find a way to agree. There are many cases where parents have managed to agree on arrangements outside the court.

Contact our family mediation team

Our parent and child mediation is designed to give all parties a voice. Each parent’s goals and aspirations for their children are considered, as well as the child’s perspective. This child-focused approach to mediation helps parents reach a mutually agreed arrangement that puts the child’s needs first.

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