PART 7PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATIONS IN MATRIMONIAL AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIP PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 2RULES ABOUT STARTING AND RESPONDING TO PROCEEDINGS
How the respondent can make an application7
1
A respondent who wishes to make an application for a matrimonial or civil partnership order must make the application for that order within 21 days beginning with the date by which the respondent's acknowledgment of service is required to be filed, unless the court gives permission to make the application after that time has passed.
2
Where the respondent makes an application under this rule, that application is to be treated as an application in the same proceedings for the purposes of this Part.