21. Some courts will made an order ex parte on production of a consent signed by the other parties. 22. Where a party fails to supply a copy of any document the court may make such order as it thinks fit. 23. Where these arrangements need the co-operation of one or other of the parties, the court will make an order if necessary to enforce that co-operation. 24. No order may be made more than six months after disposal of the proceedings. 25. Leave is not required and notice of appeal must be filed and served on all parties within four weeks of the date on which the order was made. 26. The appellate court may then make the order if it thinks fit. 27. The need to determine substantive issues without delay must also be taken into account when the court is considering what final order it should make. 28. In other cases the child may require the protection of a court order in the interim although no emergency order has been made. 29. If the first order is made for less than eight weeks however the balance of this period may be taken up by the second or subsequent orders. 30. In practice this should mean the guardian who acted when the original order was made. |