01 September, 2021 Central Practice Direction – Family Law Case Management This Central Practice Direction outlines the core principles applicable to family law proceedings and establishes a consistent national case management system in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia from 1 September 2021. Read more about Central Practice Direction – Family Law Case Management
01 September, 2021 Central Practice Direction – General Federal Law proceedings This Central Practice Direction applies to all general federal law proceedings commenced in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia from 1 September 2021. It does not apply to migration or family law proceedings. Read more about Central Practice Direction – General Federal Law proceedings
01 September, 2021 Central Practice Direction – Migration proceedings This Central Practice Direction applies to all migration proceedings commenced in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia from 1 September 2021. It does not otherwise apply to general federal law proceedings. Read more about Central Practice Direction – Migration proceedings
01 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – Appeals This Practice Direction sets out the procedure for all family law appeals and applications for leave to appeal from a judgment of a judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia exercising the original jurisdiction of the Court; a single judge of a Supreme Court of a State or Territory exercising the original jurisdiction of the Court; or a family law Magistrate of Western Australia. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – Appeals
01 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – Arbitration This Practice Direction applies to the following arbitrations under the Family Law Act 1975: a court-ordered arbitration ordered pursuant to section 13E of the Family Law Act; and a relevant property or financial arbitration as defined in section 10L(2)(b) of the Family Law Act. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – Arbitration
01 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – Bankruptcy Act proceedings This Practice Direction sets out the procedure for family law proceedings to which sections 35 or 35A of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 apply. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – Bankruptcy Act proceedings
01 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – Child support and child maintenance proceedings This Practice Direction sets out the procedure for all family law proceedings with respect to child support and/or child maintenance (including overseas child maintenance). Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – Child support and child maintenance proceedings
01 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – Corporations Act proceedings This Practice Direction applies to proceedings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia to which any of the following legislation applies: Corporations Act 2001; Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001; or Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – Corporations Act proceedings
01 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – Divorce proceedings This Practice Direction applies to all family law proceedings seeking a divorce order; the extension or reduction of the period at the expiration of which the divorce order will take effect pursuant to section 55 of the Family Law Act 1975; and an application for rescission of a divorce order pursuant to sections 57 and 58 of the Family Law Act. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – Divorce proceedings
18 November, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – Financial proceedings This Practice Direction sets out the procedure for all family law proceedings seeking orders with respect to property, maintenance, superannuation and financial agreements under Parts VIII, VIIIA, VIIIAB, and VIIIB and injunctions pursuant to section 114 of the Family Law Act 1975. It does not apply to child support or child maintenance proceedings. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – Financial proceedings
01 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – Lighthouse Project and Evatt List This Practice Direction sets out the procedure for Lighthouse Project-related family law proceedings filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – Lighthouse Project and Evatt List
30 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – Major Complex Financial Proceedings List This Practice Direction establishes the pilot of a Major Complex Financial Proceedings List, which applies to any Initiating Application (Family Law) seeking financial orders pursuant to the Family Law Act 1975, that is a Major Complex Financial Proceedings List case (MCFP List Case) in the Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane registry or if appropriate to be managed electronically, a MCFP List Case in any other registry of the Court. The pilot of the MCFP List commenced on 1 October 2021. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – Major Complex Financial Proceedings List
01 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – Medical procedure proceedings This Practice Direction applies to all family law applications filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia relating to a child undertaking a major medical procedure. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – Medical procedure proceedings
01 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – National Contravention List This Practice Direction establishes a National Contravention List which applies to any Application – Contravention filed either pursuant to Part VII Division 13A or Part XIIIA of the Family Law Act 1975 in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia from 1 September 2021. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – National Contravention List
01 September, 2021 Family Law Practice Direction – National COVID-19 List This Practice Direction applies to urgent or priority family law applications filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia which are filed as a direct result of, or in significant connection to, COVID-19. It expands the fast-tracked list in the Court (the National COVID-19 List) which deals with urgent or priority applications related to COVID-19 on a national basis. Read more about Family Law Practice Direction – National COVID-19 List