Family Law Forms

Australians wishing to adopt a child from overseas apply to their state or territory central authority to commence the...

Each state and territory has its own application form and process for a step-parent or relative to legally adopt a...

The formal process for Australians to adopt a child from an overseas country, coordinated between the Commonwealth...

A court application made by intended parents to transfer legal parenthood from the birth surrogate to themselves...

An application filed in the Children's Court of Western Australia under the Children and Community Services Act 2004 to...

The process by which the Chief Executive or Minister for Child Protection applies to the SA Youth Court for care and...

The process by which the Secretary of the Department for Education, Children and Young People applies to the Tasmanian...

The process by which the NT Department of Children and Families applies to the NT Local Court (Family Matters Division,...

Apply for the return of a child who has been wrongfully taken to or retained in another Hague Convention country.

The NSW Children's Court Care and Protection List hears applications by Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) for...

The Family Division of the VIC Children's Court hears child protection cases brought by Department of Families,...

The QLD Childrens Court hears child protection applications by Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability...

The ACT Childrens Court (within the Magistrates Court) hears applications by Child and Youth Protection Services (CYPS)...

A request made to the FCFCOA (or Family Court of WA) to appoint an Independent Children's Lawyer to represent a child's...

Attend Family Dispute Resolution — required before applying to court for parenting orders. Helps families reach...

When agreement is impossible — file an Initiating Application. This commences contested family law proceedings and lets...

For any parenting dispute you must attempt Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) and obtain a Section 60I Certificate before...

Mandatory with any Initiating Application, Response to Initiating Application or Application for Consent Orders seeking...

You will need legal advice for nearly every step of the separation. Most family lawyers offer a free or fixed-fee...

A court order under s.67J of the Family Law Act 1975 requiring a person or agency (including police) to disclose to the...

Registers a child on the AFP Family Law Watch List so that departure from Australia can be monitored and prevented at...

An application filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia by a parent seeking court orders to allow...

The form and process by which a grandparent, other relative, or kinship carer applies to the Federal Circuit and Family...

Apply for court orders about children's living arrangements, time with each parent, and parental responsibility.

Apply for an administrative assessment of child support payments between separated parents.

Apply for a review of child support assessment under one of 10 specific grounds, such as a change in income, change in...

Apply urgently for a Recovery Order if the other parent has not returned your child as required by a court order or...

Get a child support assessment if you have children under 18 (or under 19 in full-time secondary school). The...

A protection/intervention order is a state criminal-civil matter — a Parenting Order is a federal family-law matter...

Apply to Services Australia (Child Support) to assess how much child support one parent must pay to the other after...

If your circumstances mean the standard formula gives an unfair result — e.g. high private school fees, extra costs for...

If you disagree with a Services Australia child support decision — assessment or change of assessment (care percentage...

A complaint is different to an objection — use a complaint when you are unhappy with the way Services Australia handled...

When you already have an Initiating Application on foot (parenting, property, divorce) and you need urgent or interim...

A legally binding written contract between de facto partners (same-sex or opposite-sex) that sets out how property,...

The court application filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia by a de facto partner seeking orders...

Register an agreed parenting or property arrangement as legally binding court orders without a hearing.

Apply to the court for a property settlement if you and your former partner cannot agree on how to divide assets.

Joint accounts can be drained by either party in minutes. The rule from family lawyers everywhere: take half (or what...

If you and your spouse can agree on property division, lodge it as Consent Orders — the court rubber-stamps the...

A Binding Financial Agreement is a private contract made under the Family Law Act ss 90C/90D (married) or 90UC/90UD (de...

Spousal maintenance is income support paid by one spouse to the other after separation. Available where one spouse...

Super is matrimonial property and can be split between separating couples. Done either by Consent Orders, Court Orders,...

Transfers of real estate or vehicles between spouses under family law orders are EXEMPT from stamp/transfer duty in...

Allows two adults in a domestic or personal relationship to formally register that relationship with their state BDM...

A court application asking the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia to declare a marriage void or invalid...

Formal notice that must be lodged with your celebrant at least 1 month before your wedding ceremony.

Apply for a divorce order. You must have been separated for at least 12 months.

Apply for a divorce (dissolution of marriage) in Australia. You must have been separated for at least 12 months. The...

The date of separation triggers nearly every later step — divorce eligibility (12 months separated), property pool...

After 12 months of separation you can apply for a divorce order. Australia is a no-fault jurisdiction — you do NOT have...

Separation changes how you and your spouse are taxed: family tax benefit thresholds, Medicare Levy Surcharge, private...

A separation triggers a long admin tail of beneficiary changes. Anything that names your spouse will, by default, still...

Lodge a Notice of Intended Marriage with your authorised marriage celebrant — the legal first step to getting married...