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Use this form to claim a refund of court fees paid if:
a. you have paid more for court fees that you were required to pay under the Regulation (to claim back the excess paid); or
b. you have paid a court fee but it had already been paid by another person or it was not payable under the Regulation at all (to claim back the whole of the fee you paid); or
c. for a hearing that has not commenced, you paid a hearing fee and you notified the Court within the time required by subsection 2.19(6) of the Regulation that the hearing would not occur or would occur only for the purpose of making formal orders (to claim back all of the hearing fee paid); or
d. for a hearing that has not commenced, you paid a hearing fee but the hearing did not occur or occurred only for the purpose of making formal orders and, although you did not notify the Court as required by paragraph 2.19(5)(a) and subsection 2.19(6) of the Regulation, this was not because of any fault on your part (to claim back the hearing fee paid); or
e. for a hearing that has commenced, you have paid a hearing fee for a hearing day which was not required because:
o the proceeding settled or was discontinued; or
o for some other reason the hearing did not proceed on the hearing day paid for
(to claim back the hearing fee paid for unused hearing days)
f. you have paid a mediation fee for a mediation attendance which did not proceed and the Court, a Judicial Officer or Registrar has ordered this fee be refunded (to claim back the fee ordered to be refunded).

This form must be completed on the first occasion you file a document in your proceeding on which a fee is payable or at any time later if the Court requests it so the Court can assess the correct fee rate which applies to you.

Use this form to provide information about your financial circumstances in support of an application to defer payment of court fees on the grounds that, considering those circumstances, it would be oppressive or otherwise unreasonable to require payment of the fee at the time it is required under the Regulation.

Use this form to provide information about the financial circumstances of a corporation in support of an application to defer payment of court fees on the grounds that, considering those circumstances, it would be oppressive or otherwise unreasonable to require payment of the fee at the time it is required under the Regulation.

This Guide is for proceedings conducted in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (Courts). The term ‘electronic hearing’ is used throughout this guide to refer to court hearings conducted via electronic means, either videoconferencing or teleconferencing.

The application for divorce (or divorce kit) is an online form using the Commonwealth Courts Portal. This allows you, within the Court’s secure website, to access your court file, the ability to eFile and access court orders 24/7.

This form is to be used by a party to current property settlement proceedings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia to request superannuation information about their spouse, former spouse or former de facto partner.

This fact sheet provides information for practitioners about the most common types of Court ordered reports prepared by the Court Children’s Service (CCS).

This brochure is for people who want the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia to issue a subpoena in a family law matter. It provides information about the use of, and compliance with, subpoenas in the Court.

Booklet for 5-8 year old children to answer questions about Family Consultants

Booklet for 9-12 year old children to answer questions about Family Consultants

Booklet for teenagers to answer questions about Family Consultants

This Practice Direction applies to family law applications made in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court) which are filed in circumstances where no parent is available to care for a child or children and orders are sought for parental responsibility to enable appropriate arrangements to be made for the child or children

This Practice Direction sets out the Evatt List eligibility for proceedings filed in the Court and sets out the case management of matters in that list.

This is the Federal Court entity's annual child safety statement in accordance with the fourth requirement under the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework.

This checklist takes you through the steps or Pre-Action Procedures you need to complete before you do so. These steps will ask you to try and resolve issues with your partner using Dispute Resolution, if it is safe to do so.

This form is used by the respondent/s named in the Application in an Appeal who wishes to oppose the orders sought or asks the Court to make other orders. You will need to file an affidavit with this form.

This form is to be used when a non-party is requesting access to General Federal Law and/or Migration Court documents pursuant to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2021.

An affidavit is a written statement where the contents are sworn or affirmed to be true. An affidavit should set out facts, not opinion.

This form is used by the named person subpoenaed to produce documents, to object to producing the documents. Or a person receiving a copy of a subpoena to produce documents, to object to the documents subpoenaed being inspected or copied.