Do Judges need to sign Care Orders in FamilyCourts

I Peroll (Account suspended) made this Freedom of Information request to Her Majesty’s Courts and the Tribunals Service

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From: I Peroll (Account suspended)

2 September 2009

Dear Head of Legal Team,

Shall Judges by Law be required to sign the Care Orders i.e.
interim care orders, care orders, adoption orders,?

If a Court Order has a Court Stamp with a typed name i.e. Judge
Smith, but no wet signature, is this considered lawful or legal?

Regards,

I Peroll

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From: Customer Services (CSHQ)

10 September 2009

Dear Mr Peroll

Thank you for your e-mail. I have forwarded it to the Departmental Data
Access and Compliance Unit for them to reply direct.

Russell Meek
Customer Service Unit
H M Courts Service
0845 4568770

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From: Davies, Steve (HMCS-CSU, Cl Hse)

28 September 2009

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From: I Peroll (Account suspended)

29 September 2009

Dear Steve Davies (HMCS-CSU, Cl Hse),

Thank you for the following, this FOI request is now complete.

" The answer is that they do not. The Family Procedure Rules
require an order made by the court to be endorsed with a court
seal. The rules describe the seal ‘as a mark which the court puts
on a document to indicate that the document has been issued by the
court’. There is no requirement for the judge to add an additional
signature."

Yours sincerely,

I Peroll

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