Guidance

MyHMCTS: How to respond to a family public law order application

Guide for respondent legal representatives using family public law services with MyHMCTS.

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Use the MyHMCTS service to respond to a family public law application for:

  • care orders and interim care orders
  • supervision orders and interim supervision orders
  • emergency protection orders
  • other orders under Part 4 of the Children Act 1989

This guide includes the steps to:

  • sign in and find a case
  • upload and manage documents, orders and court bundles
  • make an additional application

If you are an applicant local authority or legal representative, read our guidance on how to apply for a family public law order.

If you are the child’s parent or guardian and do not have a legal representation, you can read the guidance on care proceeding if your child is taken into care.

Before you start

See MyHMCTS: online case management for legal professionals for how to create a MyHMCTS organisation account to create, manage, submit and pay for online cases.

See MyHMCTS: how to complete case administration tasks for guidance on case administration tasks in MyHMCTS, such as sharing a case, assigning a case and filing a notice of change or acting.

Published 4 May 2022
Last updated 20 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added information on how to change the names of children or respondents.

  2. Added new screens and text to upload other documents guide for case file view

  3. Added subsection in main guide about urgent out of hours applications

  4. Added new help information to the guides

  5. Added signposting to appropriate guidance for litigant in person respondents

  6. Changes to guidance and screens to reflect updates in the service

  7. First published.