The Family Procedure Rules 2010

[F1The court’s duty to consider non-court dispute resolutionE+W

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3.3.—(1) The court must consider, at every stage in proceedings, whether non-court dispute resolution is appropriate.

[F2(1A) When the court requires, a party must file with the court and serve on all other parties, in the time period specified by the court, a form setting out their views on using non-court dispute resolution as a means of resolving the matters raised in the proceedings.]

(2) In considering whether non-court dispute resolution is appropriate in proceedings which were commenced by a relevant family application, the court must take into account –

(a)whether a MIAM took place;

(b)whether a valid MIAM exemption was claimed F3...; and

(c)whether the parties attempted mediation or another form of non-court dispute resolution and the outcome of that process.]

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