• Migration: I want to apply

    This page explains what you need to prepare and file if you want to apply for a migration review.

  • REVOKED - Family Law Practice Direction – National COVID-19 List

    This Practice Direction was revoked 3 May 2024.

  • Court-based Family Dispute Resolution

    This fact sheet is for people who have been ordered to attend a Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) conference in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

  • Response – General Federal Law

    Form to use as a response to General federal law applications, not for family law, child support, bankruptcy or human rights matters

  • Response – Human Rights

    This form is used to respond to an application in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) alleging unlawful discrimination under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986: see rule 28.05 of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2025 (the Rules).

  • Family Law Practice Direction: Critical Incident List

    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

  • Family Law Practice Direction: Divorce proceedings

    This Practice Direction applies to all family law proceedings seeking a divorce order; the extension or reduction of the period at the expiration of which the divorce order will take effect pursuant to section 55 of the Family Law Act 1975; and an application for rescission of a divorce order pursuant to sections 57 and 58 of the Family Law Act.

  • General Federal Law Practice Direction: Intellectual Property proceedings

    This Practice Direction applies nationally from 1 September 2021 to all intellectual property proceedings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

  • Enforcement hearings (prescribed brochure)

    This brochure answers frequently asked questions about enforcement hearings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court). An enforcement hearing allows a person who is owed money (the payee) to get information about the financial situation of the person who owes the money (the payer).
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