• 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.

  • 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.

  • Part 4: Management and accountability

    Corporate governance This section reports on aspects of the Federal Circuit Court’s corporate governance arrangements. The legal framework for the Federal Circuit Court’s corporate governance practices is set out in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999, the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth) and the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth).

  • Part 6: Indexes

    List of Requirements

  • Family Violence Best Practice Principles

    This is the fifth edition of the Family Violence Best Practice Principles. The first edition was published in March 2009. These Family Violence Best Practice Principles are designed to provide practical guidance to court users, legal practitioners, litigants and service providers regarding the way in which matters involving issues of family violence are managed in the Courts. They also set out the Courts’ expectations as to the knowledge and understanding decision makers and practitioners appearing before the Courts should have regarding the complexities of family violence. The Family…
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