FORM 2O

 

AN CHÚIRT CHUARDA TEAGHLAIGH

THE CIRCUIT FAMILY COURT

 

CIRCUIT                                                                                                         COUNTY OF

 

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CIVIL BILL

IN THE MATTER OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 2018

 

BETWEEN

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

AND

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

 

This Civil Bill is to require you to attend before the Court at Court No.......on.......20......at...........am/pm for *the hearing of *the fixing of a date for the hearing of the Civil Bill issued on..........20.......by/or on behalf of............of...........................the Applicant

The Applicant’s claim against you is set out in the section of this Civil Bill headed “Indorsement of Claim”.

If you wish to attend and be heard, you are 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/her Solicitor by post and the Defence may be delivered by posting same to the Applicant or his/her Solicitor.

 

Dated the .... day of .................

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

Applicant/Solicitors for the Applicant

 

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

The Respondent/Solicitor for the Respondent

 

 

INDORSEMENT OF CLAIM

 

[Here insert details of 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

*delete where inapplicable

 

 

Form 2O amended by S.I. No. 282/2020 - Circuit Court Rules (Family Law and Domestic Violence) 2020