Where to start proceedingsE+W
8.14.—(1) The application may be made in the High Court or a county court.
(2) Where the application is made in a county court it must be made in the court—
(a)in which any matrimonial proceedings or civil partnership proceedings have been started or are intended to be started by the applicant or the respondent; or
(b)in the absence of any such proceedings, for the district in which the applicant or respondent resides.
(3) The application may be made to the principal registry as if it were a county court if—
(a)any matrimonial proceedings or civil partnership proceedings have been started there or are intended to be started there by the applicant or the respondent; and
(b)those proceedings are or will be treated as pending in a divorce county court or civil partnership proceedings county court.