• Children: Safety and risk

    This page provides information about safety and risk at Court.

  • Registry operations due to ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred

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

  • Independent Children’s Lawyer

    This page explains the role of the Independent Children’s lawyer in parenting proceedings.

  • Lighthouse information sheet for parties - risk screening

    Lighthouse is an innovative approach taken by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia to screen for risk, with a primary focus on improving outcomes for families.

  • Family Law Practice Direction: Medical procedure proceedings

    This Practice Direction applies to all family law applications filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia relating to a child undertaking a major medical procedure.

  • Financial or property: Safety and risk

    This page provides information about safety and risk at Court.

  • Financial or property: Family pets

    Even though parties may consider a family pet to be a member of the family, the Family Law Act 1975 (Family Law Act) considers pets to be property. The term used for a family pet in the Family Law Act is a companion animal.

  • Schools and family law orders

    When making family law orders, the Courts are often required to determine school-related issues such as which parent will collect the child/ren from school on certain days or which school the child/ren will attend. The Courts acknowledge that litigation about these issues can be stressful for families and children, and that the implementation of court orders has the potential to create challenges for schools (including kindergartens and childcare providers) and schools need to address…

  • Family Law Practice Direction: Major Complex Financial Proceedings List

    This Practice Direction establishes the pilot of a Major Complex Financial Proceedings List, which applies to any Initiating Application (Family Law) seeking financial or property orders pursuant to the Family Law Act 1975, that is a Major Complex Financial Proceedings List case (MCFP List Case) in the Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane registry or if appropriate to be managed electronically, a MCFP List Case in any other registry of the Court. The pilot of the MCFP List commenced on 1 October 2021.

  • How do I register and manage my law firm on the Portal?

    The Commonwealth Courts Portal provides users with secure web-based access to information about cases that are before the Court. The Portal is a central system that enables registered litigants and legal practitioners to log on using a single user ID and password and access information from multiple jurisdictions. This page provides information about administering a law firm in the Commonwealth Courts Portal. Select the relevant topic below for more information:
flag
flag

The Courts acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders, past, present and emerging.