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This form is available for legal practitioners, if you are an unrepresented litigant see the Initiating Application kit which includes instructions and additional information to assist you complete and file the form.

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.

This form is used when costs have been ordered to be paid in accordance with scale, the party who is entitled to the costs being paid must serve an itemised costs account on the liable party to pay the costs. If there is no dispute, the party liable then pays the amount as ordered.

If your documents have been destroyed as a result of a natural disaster use this form for obtaining replacement documents at no cost.

This notice is used by a person who wishes to dispute an Itemised Costs Account when the amount of legal costs and expenses is in dispute. This notice must be served on the person entitled to costs within 28 days of the service of the Itemised Costs Account.

This form is used to inform the Court and the other parties in your case of the address at which court documents and notices can be served on you. You must file this form if your contact address (address for service) has changed.

This form is used to lodge an Appeal.

This form is used when seeking to appeal from a decision of the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) in a child support first review or second review or from a decision of the Child Support Registrar (CSR) to issue a departure prohibition order.

This form is used by lawyers to advise the Court that they no longer act for their client in a family law proceeding.

This form is used if a party to a current family law proceeding changes their name during the proceedings.

This is a mandatory form that must be filed with any Initiating Application, Response to Initiating Application or Application for Consent Orders seeking parenting orders. This form is not to be filed if the orders sought relate to property or financial matters only.

This form is filed by the Respondent in an Appeal if they do not want to cross-appeal from any part of the order, but contend that the order should be affirmed on grounds other than those relied on by the court appealed from. 

This form is used if you are no longer seeking all or some of the orders previously sought by you. Filing this notice does not prevent any other party from continuing with their case and obtaining orders including for costs.

This form is used if you are entitled to intervene. An affidavit must be filed with this form. If you need permission to intervene you must file an Application in a Proceeding (see Rule 3.04)

This form is used by a party when they are required to make a payment into Court

This form is used by the person who issued the subpoena to seek permission to inspect a subpoena. 

This form must be filed at the Court registry where the matter is being heard. This form cannot be eFiled on the Commonwealth Courts Portal.

This form is used by a party to request from another party whether, in Part C of the form, the facts outlined are true and/or the documents are genuine.

This form is used by someone who wishes to apply for a deferral of payment of court fees.

This form is used if you are requesting a refund of court fees.