Prohibited Steps and Specific Issues Orders

Specific Issue Orders

Examples of when an application may be necessary are where parents cannot agree on the school their child should go to, whether to change their surname , whether they might leave England and Wales to live in another country or decisions about religion, medical treatment and the like.

DIY Application for Specific Issues Orders

We have a DIY pack available for download to help and guide you in completing and making an application to the court for a Specific Issues Order

The DIY Specific Issues Order Pack provides all the information and documents which are needed to make the application yourself and save what would almost certainly be very substantial legal costs.

The Pack costs £19.99 and contains:

The prescribed Application Form for a Specific Issues Order.
Guidance on completing the Application Form
A guide to how the Application will be dealt with by the Court.
A guide to service of the application.

Purchase the DIY Application Specific Issues Order Pack

Prohibited Steps Orders

An application to the court for a prohibited steps order will be necessary when a parent or person with parental responsibility for a child requires an Order of the Court that a person refrains from taking certain actions concerning the child.

Prohibited steps orders will be sought for such matters as:-

To prevent a person bringing the child into contact with somebody who is likely to have a bad influence on the child.
To prevent a person from removing the child from the jurisdiction of the court.
To prevent a change of surname

Where there is a danger of children being removed from the Courts Jurisdiction, or it seems that a former partner could intend to take some action with the children which would not be in the child’s best interest, then the Court will make a Prohibited Steps Order.

DIY Application for Prohibited Steps Orders

The DIY Prohibited Steps Order Pack provides all the information and documents which are needed by a parent to make an application for a prohibited steps order themselves and save what would almost certainly be very substantial legal costs. The pack can be purchased either through our Secure Trading secure server when you will receive a link to download your purchase immediately payment has been cleared or through Pay Pal when you will receive an email link to download your purchase in a maximum of 24 hours

The Pack costs £19.99 and contains:

The prescribed Application Form for a prohibited steps order.
Guidance on completing the Application Form
A guide to how the Application will be dealt with by the Court.
A guide to service of the application.

Purchase the DIY Application for a Prohibited Steps Order Pack

Specific Issues Orders / Prohibited Steps Orders preparation services

We can prepare an application for a Specific Issues Order/Prohibited Steps Order on your behalf for £125.
Complete our online questionnaire and our lawyers will then prepare your application
and contact you by email or telephone to discuss your case and the procedure that
must be followed. We remain on hand to assist throughout as required.

This is how it works:

• Complete our straight forward questionnaire which will provide the basic information we need to be able to draft the application.
• Submit the completed questionnaire to our lawyers and make payment using either our secure server or Paypal.
• Our lawyers will prepare the application and contact you either by telephone or email for any further information needed or to discuss your application.
• Once your lawyer is satisfied with the application it will be sent to you either by post or email to approve and sign.
• The application can then be lodged with the court. We provide a guide to how the court will deal with the application and are always available by telephone or e-mail should you require further help.

Instruct us to prepare an application for a Specific Issues Order/Prohibited Steps Order

The Courts also have powers to make the following Orders:

Search & Find and Disclosure Orders

These will allow the police or a Court official to enter and search premises where a child might be found and use such force as is necessary to get them back.

Wardship

The High Court has inherent powers to make certain orders regarding children where they have been removed, are in serious danger or at risk. The court will make the child a Ward of Court

This means that the High Court will have responsibility for that child and no orders can be made or action taken which affects the child, unless permission is obtained first from the High Court.

The Children Act allows courts including the High Court to make orders relating to children which allows for most circumstances. Wardship proceedings are therefore only now used in very rare circumstances.