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Practice and procedure update: Urgent family law applications
Update regarding urgent Initiating Application cannot be eFiled through the Commonwealth Courts Portal currently without all of the documents set out in paragraph 2.5 of the Family Law Practice Direction: Parenting Proceedings and paragraph 2.6 of the Family Law Practice Direction: Financial Proceedings being filed.
Applications for Review in family law – Frequently Asked Questions
What types of decisions can be reviewed? You can apply for a review of an order or decision made by a Senior Judicial Registrar or Judicial Registrar in the exercise of a power referred to in the table in clause 2 of Schedule 4 of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021. How long do I have to file an Application for Review? You have 21 days from the date the Registrar made the decision to submit an Application for Review.
Update to the profession: family law practice direction updates
On 7 September 2022 two family law practice directions were updated. Family Law Practice Direction – Divorce Proceedings was updated at paragraph 2.17 to clarify that if a party files an Application in a Proceeding in a divorce, such as an application seeking orders for substituted service or to dispense with service, they are required to attend the hearing unless excused by the presiding Registrar.
Family Reports FAQs fact sheet - translated versions
Page listing all translated versions of the Family Reports FAQs fact sheet
Media release: Brisbane family lawyer, Ms Tuskeen Jacobs, appointed to the FCFCOA
The Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Honourable Mark Dreyfus KC MP announced today the appointment of Ms Tuskeen Jacobs as a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) (Division 2). Ms Jacobs has been appointed to the Brisbane Registry and will commence on 8 July 2024.
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Annual Reports
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021 provides that as soon as practicable after 30 June in each financial year the Chief Justice must prepare and give to the Minister a report of the management of the administrative affairs of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia during the financial year.
Practice and procedure update: Family law form amendments
The Chief Justice has approved updates to four family law forms; Notice of Address for Service, Notice of Ceasing to Act, Subpoena – family law and Proposed Consent orders template
2019-20 Family Court of Australia Annual Report
The Family Court annual reports provide information for our stakeholders and the wider community about the court’s operations and performance in each financial year, and review our progress. The court's most recent annual report is presented below. See Previous annual reports for other years.
2018-19 Family Court of Australia Annual Report
The Family Court annual reports provide information for our stakeholders and the wider community about the court’s operations and performance in each financial year, and review our progress. The court's most recent annual report is presented below. See Previous annual reports for other years.
Family Law Practice Direction: Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act proceedings
This Practice Direction applies to family law proceedings under the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. The Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 does not apply to family law proceedings in respect of an application made under the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction signed at The Hague on 25 October 1980; and relating to the status or property of a person who is not fully able to manage his or her own affairs.

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