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Family Law Rules 1984
1AApplication of Order 32
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1A Application of Order 32
2 Institution of appeal
2AA Referral to Chief Justice
2A Documents filed in connection with appeal — Form 41C
3 Service of notice of appeal
3A Child welfare appeals — child’s representative
4 Stay of proceedings
6 Amendment of notice of appeal
7 Cross-appeals
7A Pre-argument statement
7B Directions hearing
7C Conduct of directions hearing
7D Settlement conference
7E Conduct of directions hearing or settlement conference by electronic means
7F Directions at conclusion of directions hearing or settlement conference
9 Exhibits etc
11 Draft index to appeal papers
13 Transcript
14 Appeal papers
15 Preparation of appeal papers
16 Hearing date for appeal
16A Further evidence on appeal
16B Summary of argument and list of authorities
17 Expediting an appeal
17A Certain applications may proceed without oral hearing
18 Dismissal of appeal
19 Procedures on application for dismissal
19AA Short reasons for decision
19A Withdrawal of appeal
20 Application for certificate to appeal to High Court
21 Case stated
22 Application to court
23 Hearing an application
24 Withdrawal of application
Order 32A Applications for leave to appeal to Full Court
1A Application of Order 32A
2 Institution of applications
2A Referral to Chief Justice
3 Time for filing an application
4 Affidavit in support of an application
5 Service
5A Stay of execution of decree appealed from
6 Directions
7 Supporting submissions
8 Hearing of application
9 Leave to appeal may be on terms
Order 32B Appeal for hearing by a single judge
1 Application of Order 32B
5 Documents filed with appeal — Form 41C
6 Service of notice of appeal
7 Child welfare appeals — child’s representative
8 Stay of proceedings
9 Security for costs
10 Amendment of notice of appeal
11 Cross-appeals
12 Exhibits etc
13 Notifying parties about appeal etc
14 Directions hearing
15 Filing and service of reasons for judgment
16 Settlement conference
17 Conduct of directions hearing or settlement conference by electronic means
18 Transcript of proceedings
19 Further evidence on appeal
20 Expediting an appeal
21 Certain applications may proceed without oral hearing
22 Dismissal of appeal
23 Procedures on application for dismissal
24 Short reasons for decision
25 Withdrawal of appeal
26 Application for certificate to appeal to High Court
27 Application to court
28 Withdrawal of application
Order 32C Applications for leave to appeal to a single judge from the Federal Magistrates Court
1 Application of Order 32C
3 Institution of applications
5 Time for filing an application
6 Affidavit in support of application
7 Service
8 Stay of execution of decree
9 Directions
10 Supporting submissions
11 Leave to appeal may be on terms
Order 32D Appeals from courts of summary jurisdiction
1 Application of Order 32D
2 Definition
4 Time for filing a notice of appeal
5 Fixing a hearing date
6 Service
7 Stay of proceedings
8 Transmission of papers
Order 33 Enforcement
1 Definitions
2 Enforcement of obligations
3 Summary procedures on failure to comply with obligation
4 Garnishment
5 Seizure and sale of personal property
6 Sequestration of estate
7 Power of sale of real property
8 Certificate as to payments under maintenance order
9 Certain orders enforceable in South Australia
10 Payment into court by order
Order 34 Recovery orders, warrants and procedure after arrest
Division 1 Recovery orders
2 Application for recovery order — Form 8
3 Form of recovery order — Form 34
4 Service of application
4A Service of recovery order
Division 2 Warrants
6 Form of warrant — Form 51 or 53
7 Execution of warrants
8 How long does a warrant remain in force?
Division 3 Procedure after arrest
9 Application of Division
10 Person arrested may be held in custody
11 Persons taken into custody
Order 35 Contraventions, offences and contempt
2 Application of order
3 Who may make an application?
4 Service
Division 2 Applications
5 Contravention of orders not affecting children — Form 48
6 Contravention of orders affecting children — Form 49
7 Imposition of sanction for preventing or hindering action under a third party recovery order — Form 35
9 Contempt in the face of the court — Form 8
10 Contempt other than in the face of the court — Form 47
Division 3 Hearing of applications
11 Hearing date
12 Arrest of respondent for failure to appear at hearing — Form 8
13 Respondent may be held in custody
14 Procedure at hearing
16 Duties of provider of program
17 Relisting for directions
Division 4 Information laid before a magistrate
18 Information laid before a magistrate — Form 49A
Order 36 Powers of Registrars
1 Exercise of powers and functions of Registrar
Division 2 Certain powers of Registrars of the Family Court of Australia
2 Interpretation
5 Power to summon witnesses
6 Protection and immunity
Order 36A Delegation of powers to Registrars and Judicial Registrars
2 Delegation of powers to Registrars
3 Delegation of powers to Judicial Registrars
3A Property value exceeding limit — power to determine proceedings
4 Protection and immunity of Judicial Registrar
5 Prescribed times for review
6 Extensions of time
7 Procedure on application for review
Order 37 Representation by lawyers
1 Change of lawyer
2 Lawyer not to represent parties with adverse interests
Order 38 Costs
3 Interest on outstanding costs
Division 2 Notification of costs
4 Notification to party at certain stages in proceeding
5 Notification to party before final hearing
6 Notification to court and other party of costs
Division 3 Lawyer’s fees and disbursements
7 Division subject to costs agreement
8 Proper costs
9 Additional charge for skill etc
10 Work not reasonably required for proceeding
11 Charge for each page
12 Copying, postage within Australia and local telephone calls
13 Lawyer and client costs — lawyer acting as counsel
14 Preparation of appeal papers
15 Costs for proceeding not instituted together
16 Work done by employees etc
17 Waiting and travelling time
18 Agent’s fees
19 Expenses for attendance by witness
20 Expenses for preparation of report by expert
21 Costs improperly or negligently incurred
22 Undefended proceeding for dissolution of marriage — basic composite amount
Division 4 Fees for counsel’s work
23 Party and party costs — fees for lawyer briefed as counsel
24 Lawyer and client costs — fees for lawyer briefed as counsel
25 Certificate that reasonable to brief lawyer as counsel
Division 5 Lawyer and client agreements
26 Agreements as to costs
27 Validity and effect of costs agreements
28 Costs to be in accordance with costs agreement
Division 6 Costs orders
29 Application for costs order
30 Assessment of costs
31 Unquantified costs
32 Costs order for specific amount instead of taxed costs
33 Costs order for proceeding in other courts
34 Disallowance of certain costs
35 Costs orders against lawyers
Division 7 Accounts and bills
36 Notice of rights
37 Steps before costs may be recovered
38 Requesting and serving bill of costs — lawyer and client
39 Requesting and serving bill of costs — party and party
40 Requirements of bill — Form 56
41 Amendment of bill
Division 8 Disputing a bill
42 Notice disputing bill — Form 57
Division 9 Taxing a bill
43 Taxing officers
44 Fixing of taxation hearing
45 Certificate of taxation — no notice of dispute
46 Certificate of taxation — Form 58
47 Disputed taxation hearing
48 Powers of taxing officers
49 Taxation principles
50 Agreement between lawyer and legal aid body
51 Costs to be allowed on taxation
52 Exercise of discretion
53 Allowance for matters not specified
54 Costs improperly, unreasonably or negligently incurred
55 Taxation on party and party basis — counsel’s fees
56 Neglect or delay before taxing officer
57 Costs of taxing a bill
58 Certificate of taxation to be judgment for debt
Division 10 Review of taxation
59 Interpretation
60 Review of taxation
61 Time for filing application for review
62 Further evidence
63 Issues that may be raised at hearing of review
64 Powers of court
Order 39 Publication of lists
1 Mode of publication
2 Lists to be provided by Registrar
3 Content of lists
5 Interpretation
Order 40 Miscellaneous
1 Rate of interest
2 Court may act on certain Commonwealth publications
3 Particulars of employment and earnings
4 Form of bond
6 Frivolous and vexatious proceedings
7 Application for leave
Order 41 Corporations jurisdiction
Division 2 Applications under the Corporations Act 2001
2 Application of Division
3 Application of Corporations Rules
4 Applications under the Corporations Act 2001
Division 3 Transfer of proceedings under the Corporations Act 2001
7 Application
8 What provisions of these Rules prevail if they are inconsistent?
9 Application for transfer of proceedings under the Corporations Act 2001
10 Content of an application for transfer of proceedings
11 Transfer of proceedings to another court
12 Transfer of proceedings to a Family Court
13 Conduct of transferred proceedings in Family Court
Order 1 Preliminary
1 Name of rules \[see Note 1\]
These rules are the Family Law Rules 1984.
2 Date of operation and application of Rules
(1) These Rules shall come into operation on 2 January 1985.
(2) These Rules apply to and in relation to all proceedings under the Act, the Regulations or these Rules, whether commenced before or after the commencement of these Rules.
(3) These Rules extend, so far as applicable and subject to any other law, to the exercise by the Family Court of Australia of its jurisdiction in matters other than matrimonial causes.