• Warrant of commitment

    This form is available for legal practitioners as a precedent for use when a court has ordered that a person be arrested and brought before the Court.

  • Bond

    This form of Bond has been prepared by the Court as a precedent for use when a court has ordered a person to enter into a Bond (also known as a recognizance) as a consequence of a contravention of a court order.

  • Preparing documents for eFiling

    This information relates to proceedings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court) and has been provided to assist court users to prepare documents for eFiling via the Commonwealth Courts Portal (CCP). Documents must be prepared to meet the requirements of the applicable court rules.

  • 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).

  • Family Law Practice Direction: Electronic subpoena inspection

    This Practice Direction applies to family law proceedings filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (Court) and revokes and replaces Special Measures Information Notice – COVID-19 Electronic Subpoena Inspection (SMIN-COVID).

  • Registrars’ bankruptcy and general matters – Standard Orders

    Sequestration orders The Court orders that:

  • Form 6 – Application for Arbitration

    This form is for parties to seek an order referring the matter to arbitration

  • REVOKED - FCFCOA Information Notice: Subpoenas and the Department of Fairness Families and Housing Victoria

    This Information Notice was revoked 3 May 2024.

  • De facto relationships

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

  • Third party debt notices

    A person owed money by another person under an order of a court or child support liability can enforce payment of the debt in the Court. One of the methods of enforcement is a Third Party Debt Notice. Under this Notice, the Court directs a third party to pay money that the third party owes to the respondent to the payee instead of the respondent. This brochure must be served on the third party named in a Third Party Debt Notice at the same time as the Notice.
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