Circuit Court Forms

FORM 2S

THE CIRCUIT COURT

CIRCUIT                                                                                                                             COUNTY OF

Civil Partnership Civil Bill

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS ACT 2010

BETWEEN

........... Applicant

AND

................... Respondent

You are hereby required within ten days after the service of this Civil Bill upon you to enter or cause to be entered with the County Registrar, at his Office at .............., an Appearance to answer the claim of .............. of .................., the Applicant herein.

And take notice that unless you do enter an Appearance, you will be held to have admitted the said claim, and the Applicant may proceed therein and judgment may be given against you in your absence without further notice.

And further take notice that, if you intend to defend the proceeding on any grounds, you must not only enter an Appearance, but also, within ten days after Appearance, deliver a statement in writing showing the nature and grounds of your Defence.

The Appearance may be entered by posting same to the said Office and by giving copies thereof to the Applicant or his Solicitor by post and the Defence may be delivered by posting same to the Applicant or his Solicitor.

Dated this ...... day of .............

Signed .....................

Applicant/Solicitors for the Applicant

To: ..........................

The Respondent/Solicitor for the Respondent

INDORSEMENT OF CLAIM

[Here insert details of the Applicant's claim and the grounds upon which relief is being sought as required by these Rules including the basis upon which jurisdiction is claimed]

THE APPLICANT CLAIMS:

[Insert reliefs sought by the Applicant]

.............................

Applicant/Solicitors for the Applicant