• Children: We have agreed

    This page provides a summary of the options available when you have agreed on arrangements for a child (or children) and parenting after separation.

  • Fair work: Overview

    This page provides an overview of the Court’s Fair Work jurisdiction.

  • Lighthouse expansion - Update to the Profession April 2023

    The purpose of this update is to focus on the benefits of having a tailored case management approach, including the Evatt List. This update also provides answers to a number of frequently asked questions that the Courts have received. Practitioners are encouraged to review the previous update which was released in February 2023 that focuses on risk and includes links to the Lighthouse Webinar, detailing the Evatt List case management pathway.

  • Family violence orders

    This page explains what family violence orders are, which courts can make them and how they work with parenting orders.

  • Family Consultant FAQs

    Information about what a family consultant is and the work they do in the Court

  • Registry operations due to ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred

    The Brisbane and Lismore Registries will be open as normal on Tuesday 11 March 2025.

  • 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.

  • Email addresses for filing documents

    Email addresses for filing when you can't eFile/eLodge

  • General federal law: Subpoenas

    Subpoenas in General federal law matters

  • Family Law Practice Direction: Parenting proceedings

    This Practice Direction sets out the procedure for all family law proceedings seeking parenting orders or any other order under Part VII of the Family Law Act 1975, save and except for surrogacy proceedings, passport proceedings, medical procedure proceedings or child maintenance proceedings.
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