• Compulsory pre-filing Family Dispute Resolution – court procedures and requirements

    This fact sheet is for people who need information on the procedures and requirements for compulsory Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) prior to the commencement of family law 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.

  • Financial or property: Overview

    When people separate (whether from a marriage or a de facto relationship), they usually need to sort out how to divide their property and debts.

  • 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.

  • Financial or property: Death of a party

    This page explains the Court’s jurisdiction in family law financial or property matters if one of the parties dies.

  • Critical Incident List

    The Court has commenced a Critical Incident List for family law applications which are filed in circumstances where there is no parent available to care for a child or children as a result of death (including homicide), critical injury, or incarceration relating to family violence, and orders are sought for parental responsibility to enable appropriate arrangements to be made

  • Before you file – pre-action procedure for parenting cases (prescribed brochure)

    This brochure provides information for people considering applying to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia for parenting orders. It provides information about the pre-action procedures required before starting a parenting case.

  • How do I file a response?

    If you have been served with an Initiating application or an Application in a proceeding you can respond by filing a Response to initiating application or a Response to an application in a proceeding within 28 days after you have been serv

  • Marriage, families and separation (prescribed brochure)

    This brochure provides information for people considering, or affected by separation or divorce. It includes information about: the social and legal effects of separation; the services provided to families by the Court and by government, community and other agencies, and some of the steps involved in court proceedings.
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