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Update to the profession: Form and fee changes from 1 July 2023
Fair work small claims jurisdiction change, Fee changes, Form updates
Affidavit – non-filing of family dispute resolution certificate
If you are applying for interlocutory orders, that is, orders to cover your case until a final hearing can take place, then you do not need to complete this affidavit. You will have to complete an Application in a proceeding and an affidavit in support.
Practice and procedure update: form updates
Several Court forms have had updates made to them and reissued
Separate smarter: We have agreed
This page will help you understand options for avoiding court and formalising your own agreement about parenting or financial arrangements after separation or divorce.
Central Practice Direction: Migration proceedings
The purpose of this Practice Direction is to set out the practice and procedure of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (Court) for the case management of its migration caseload. It does not otherwise apply to general federal law proceedings.
Family law senior judicial registrars, judicial registrars and deputy registrars: the roles explained
Senior judicial registrars, judicial registrars and deputy registrars each undertake key roles in the operation of the family law jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court). Although each of these roles existed in the former Family Court and Federal Circuit Court, they now play an enhanced role in the case management pathway of the new court.
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.
Admiralty: I have been served
This page provides information about what to do if you have been served with an application under the Admiralty Act 1988 and wish to file a response.
Update to the profession: Operational matters in the family law jurisdiction following 1 September 2021 reforms
An update to the profession from the CEO and Principal Registrar of the FCFCOA on operational matters in the family law jurisdiction following 1 September 2021 reforms
Notice of child abuse, family violence or risk
This is a mandatory form that must be filed with any Initiating Application, Response to Initiating Application or Application for Consent Orders seeking parenting orders. This form is not to be filed if the orders sought relate to property or financial matters only.

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