C100 application without C1A form

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Hi all,

Does anyone know what consequences there could be if an estranged parent submits an application for a child order with urgency and claims harm and safety concerns to the child but doesn't initially attach the c1a form...

Is it able to come later say the day before a hearing or after cafcass have done their report?

Thanks in advance

C1A are best raised in conjunction with the initial application, as if delayed, the court and CAFCASS may take the view that if it wasn't important enough to be raised immediately, why was the application made on an urgent basis.

Likewise C1A which appear after the initial CAFCASS safeguarding call, or indeed further down the line / mid-proceedings.

Usually any safeguarding issues raised by either party will be mentioned in the safeguarding letter prepared ahead of the first hearing.

A C1A can be submitted at any point in proceedings if there are issues. Most people will raise them with their application, but obviously the respondent has to wait until they receive the application before they can submit a C1A.

It's whether the contents are relevant that counts, not when it is submitted.