Changes to family court fees

The changes to court fees come into effect on 30 September 2021.

You can read the full legislative order outlining the new court costs at the legislation.gov.uk website, through think link.

This will include the fees for divorce. The original ‘Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008(1) (fees to be taken)’ is amended as follows, in this instance:

In the entry for fee 1.2 (on presenting an application for (a) a decree of divorce made under section 1 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, (b) a decree of nullity made under section 11 or 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, (c) a dissolution order or nullity order made under section 37 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004),

in column 2, for “£550” substitute “£593”.