A Practical Guide to Family Proceedings has established itself as a straightforward, easy-to-follow handbook of procedure written for UK family lawyers. The book will enable the busy practitioner to avoid the most common pitfalls encountered when following procedure and preparing documents for presentation to the court, thereby avoiding unnecessary work and the possibility of incurring a wasted costs order, while contributing to speeding up the whole process. This book offers step-by-step guidance on the effective conduct of the most common types of UK family law application. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to take into account all important developments in practice and procedure, including a new chapter on applications for financial relief following overseas divorce.