• Response to initiating application (do it yourself kit)

    Step-by-step kit to respond to a family law initiating application.

  • Undertaking as to disclosure

    This form is used to acknowledge your duty of disclosure and to undertake that you have complied and will continue to comply with that duty.

  • Originating Application – Human Rights

    This form was previously called Application – Human Rights. This form is used for commencing an application in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia alleging unlawful discrimination under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986: see rule 28.03(1) of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)(General Federal Law) Rules 2025 (the Rules).

  • Application in a proceeding

    This form is used if a party to current proceedings wishes to seek further interlocutory or procedural orders. An Affidavit must be filed at the same time stating the facts relied on in support of the orders sought in the Application in a Proceeding.

  • De facto relationships

    Information about what a de facto relationship is and how to apply to the court

  • Title change – Panel Family Consultants

    This update is to inform the public and profession of a change to the title of private practitioners who prepare 62G family reports, pursuant to an appointment under the Family Law Regulations.

  • Practitioner and Litigant Guide to Electronic Hearings

    This Guide is for proceedings conducted in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (Courts). The term ‘electronic hearing’ is used throughout this guide to refer to court hearings conducted via electronic means, either videoconferencing or teleconferencing.

  • Intellectual property: I have been served

    If you have been served you should read the application as soon as possible. The person who filed the application with the Court is known as the applicant and you (as the other party) are known as the respondent. What should I do next? All intellectual property matters filed in the Court are docketed in the National IP List and case managed by the IP List judge.

  • Financial or property: Spousal maintenance

    What are spousal and de facto maintenance? Spousal maintenance Spousal maintenance is financial support paid by a party to a marriage to their husband or wife (or former husband or wife) in circumstances where they are unable to adequately support themselves. De facto maintenance De facto maintenance is financial support paid by a party to a de facto relationship that has broken down to their former de facto partner in circumstances where they are unable to adequately support themselves.

  • Media release: Court Dog Program expands to Sydney, Parramatta and Newcastle registries

    The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1 and Division 2) (‘the Courts’) are thrilled to announce the expansion of the successful Court Dog Program with the addition of three new facility dogs to operate in the Sydney, Parramatta and Newcastle registries.
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