• Property and Financial Agreements and Consent Orders – What You Need To Know

    This guide (linked to the Attorney-General's Department) provides information to separating couples about the options for resolving their property arrangements, from an informal agreement through to filing consent orders with the court and litigating the matter in court.

  • Early risk screening and focus on better public health outcomes for families and children

    The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court) provides a new court structure that is innovative, focuses on the safety of children and vulnerable litigants, and changes the culture and conversation around family law – learning from the many inquiries, reviews and calls for change that have occurred in the past. It is also aimed at dealing with the increasing rate of family violence in our community by ensuring risks to vulnerable parties and children are identified at the very…

  • FCFCOA Information Notice: Applications for Review

    This information notice provides the profession with information about jurisprudential and other developments that relate to Applications for Review of registrar decisions, since the commencement of the new case management pathway in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court).

  • Non-party request to inspect a general federal law or migration file

    The Commonwealth Courts Portal sets out basic details for many general federal law cases and some limited migration cases that have been filed, such as the names of the parties and their legal representatives, the file number, hearing dates (past and future), orders and a list of all filed documents. A non-party can make a request to access court documents.

  • What is an Indigenous Family Liaison Officer? video (Yolngu Matha)

    This video is for families that need to resolve issues relating to the care and living arrangements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The video features some of the Court’s Indigenous Family Liaison Officers who talk about their job and how they can provide support to families.

  • Family Violence Plan

    The Family Violence Plan (the Plan) reflects the ongoing commitment by both Courts to the early identification and management of matters where violence or the risk of violence is alleged, and to keeping all court users safe. It is an overarching document setting out important actions to be undertaken by the Courts to ensure best practice in all areas of administration, operation and application of the law. It covers areas as diverse as building layout, security screening, risk assessment, safety planning for individual litigants as well as education and training of staff and the judiciary.…

  • 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.

  • What is an Indigenous Family Liaison Officer? video (Yumplatok)

    This video is for families that need to resolve issues relating to the care and living arrangements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The video features some of the Court’s Indigenous Family Liaison Officers who talk about their job and how they can provide support to families.
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