• 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.

  • Legal costs in family law matters

    This fact sheet answers frequently asked questions about legal costs in family law matters in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court).

  • Request to attend by electronic communication

    This form is used to seek permission to attend by telephone or video link.

  • Application for exemption of fees – general (family law)

    This form is used to apply for an exemption of fees, in a family law matter, if you are eligible for an exemption.

  • Application in an appeal

    This form is filed together with the Notice of Appeal when: Seeking leave to file out of time; Urgency – a cover letter must also be filed setting out the circumstances of the urgency; Adduce further evidence; Costs if not sought immediately after the appeal. An Affidavit stating the facts relied upon in this application must also be filed.

  • Response to initiating application (do it yourself kit)

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

  • 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.

  • Financial Statement Kit (do it yourself kit)

    This form is used if you are a party to a financial or property proceeding including: Financial or property settlement, Maintenance, Child Support; and Financial enforcement

  • Family Law Practice Direction: Appeals

    This Practice Direction sets out the procedure for all family law appeals and applications for leave to appeal from a judgment of a judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia exercising the original jurisdiction of the Court; a single judge of a Supreme Court of a State or Territory exercising the original jurisdiction of the Court; or a family law Magistrate of Western Australia.

  • Initiating Application Kit (do it yourself kit)

    This form is used to start a family law application seeking final orders. Interlocutory orders can only be sought in this form if you are seeking final orders as well.
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