Applications

Starting a financial case, or asking the court for something during it

Every financial case begins with an application and most cases need one or two more along the way. These are the applications a person acting for themselves is most likely to make, the official form each one uses and what RemedyReady prepares for you.

RemedyReady fills in the official court form from your case file and prepares the statement or draft order that goes with it. You check every answer, sign and file it with the court yourself. We do not give legal advice and we do not act for you.

Form A

Financial application on divorce or dissolution

The application that starts a financial remedy case when you are divorcing or ending a civil partnership. It asks the court for the orders you want: maintenance, a lump sum, orders about property and orders about pensions. Filing Form A sets the timetable: the court fixes a first appointment and both of you must exchange Forms E before it.

  • Who makes it: either spouse or civil partner, once the divorce or dissolution application has been issued.
  • Before you apply: unless an exemption applies, you must have attended a MIAM (a mediation information and assessment meeting) and give the details on the form.
  • Goes with it: the court fee or a Help with Fees reference and later your Form E.
  • Where to send it: to your local financial remedy court (GOV.UK lists the HMCTS financial remedy centres); the online MyHMCTS service is for solicitors only. The court tells you how to file later documents, usually by email. GOV.UK says Form E and its supporting documents may be posted to HMCTS Financial Remedy, PO Box 12746, Harlow, CM20 9QZ.
Court fee£321RemedyReady preparesForm A, filled from your case file, with a note of the orders you have asked for.Build Form A
Form A1Form E2

Varying or ending maintenance

If circumstances have changed since a maintenance order was made, either party can ask the court to vary it, suspend it, or discharge it. Where the application is about maintenance alone, with no lump sum or property element, it goes on the fast track: a shorter procedure with a shorter statement of means, Form E2, in place of Form E.

  • Which form: Form A1 for the fast track. If you also want a lump sum or a property order in place of the maintenance, use Form A instead.
  • Goes with it: a copy of the order to be varied and your Form E2.
Court fee£321£62 if made by consent.RemedyReady preparesForm A1 and Form E2, filled from your case file.Form A1 · Form E2Build the application
Form A1Form A

Financial application for a child

A financial application for a child under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989: maintenance, a lump sum, or a settlement or transfer of property for the child's benefit. Any parent can apply, married, divorced or never married: for a top-up of child maintenance above the Child Maintenance Service figure, for school fees and other educational costs, for the extra costs of a child's disability, or for a home or lump sum for the child. For parents who were never married to each other it is the only financial claim available. A claim for periodical payments only is made on Form A1 under the fast-track procedure; a claim that includes a lump sum or property order is made on Form A, with the financial statement on Form E1 in either case.

  • Which form: Form A1 only where you ask for periodical payments alone (a top-up of child maintenance, school fees paid as periodical payments), which goes on the fast-track procedure (FPR rule 9.9B). Form A where you ask for a lump sum or a settlement or transfer of property for the child, with or without periodical payments; that is the standard procedure, with disclosure on Form E1.
  • Who makes it: a parent, guardian, special guardian, or a person with a child arrangements order and in some cases the child.
  • Note: child maintenance is usually a matter for the Child Maintenance Service rather than the court, except in the cases the Act allows, such as top-up orders and school fees.
Court fee£321Check the current fee on form EX50 before you file.RemedyReady preparesForm A (or Form A1 for periodical payments only), filled from your case file. The Form E1 statement of means is built from the same case file.Build Form A1
Form D11

Maintenance pending suit and legal services payment orders

An application for money now, before the case ends. Maintenance pending suit is interim maintenance to meet your reasonable needs while the case goes on. A legal services payment order (LSPO) is an order that the other party pays towards your legal costs, where you cannot reasonably get the money another way.

  • Goes with it: a statement in support setting out your income, your outgoings, what you need and why and (for an LSPO) the costs you face and what you have tried.
  • What happens: the court lists a short hearing and decides on the papers and brief evidence. Both parties should file an ES1 and ES2 for it.
Court fee£195RemedyReady preparesForm D11, your statement in support and the papers for the hearing in the Interim hearing pack.Form D11 · Statement in supportBuild the application
Form D11

Permission for an expert (Part 25)

You cannot rely on an expert's report, such as a valuation of a property, a business or a pension, without the court's permission under Part 25 of the Family Procedure Rules. The application says what the expert is for, who you propose, what it will cost and who will pay and why the evidence is necessary. It is usually dealt with at the first appointment, but it can be made at any time in a financial case, including a Schedule 1 claim for a child.

  • Goes with it: a draft letter of instruction, the expert's quote and timescale and a draft order.
  • Usually agreed: most expert applications are agreed and the expert is jointly instructed. Our letters of instruction are built for that.
Court fee£195£62 if made by consent.RemedyReady preparesForm D11, the statement in support and the letter of instruction to the expert.Form D11 · Statement in supportBuild the application
Form D11

Other applications during the case

Form D11 is the general application notice for asking the court for something within an existing financial case, including a Schedule 1 claim for a child. Common examples: an order that the other party answers your questionnaire or discloses a document; more time to comply with an order; an adjournment; an order for the sale of a property; an order freezing an asset; or costs after a breach.

  • Goes with it: a short statement saying what you ask for and why and a draft of the order you want.
  • On notice or without notice: almost all applications are made on notice to the other party. Without-notice applications are for urgent cases where giving notice would defeat the purpose.
Court fee£195£62 by consent or without notice.RemedyReady preparesForm D11 and a statement in support.Form D11 · Statement in supportBuild the application
Court fees. The fees shown are the Family Court fees on form EX50 as updated on 26 October 2026: £321 for a financial order application other than by consent, £195 for an application on notice within existing proceedings and £62 for an application by consent or without notice. Fees change; check the current figures on form EX50 on GOV.UK before you file. If you are on a low income you may be able to apply for Help with Fees.

Not sure which application you need? The Definitions page explains the terms and the Hearings and documents page shows what each hearing needs.

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