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Family Law Rules 2004
2.01Which application to file
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#### 2.01 Which application to file
A person starting a case must file an application as set out in Table 2.1.
Table 2.1 Applications
| Item | Kind of application | Application form to be filed |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- |
| 1 | Application seeking final orders (other than a consent order or a divorce), for example: | Initiating Application (Family Law) |
| | property settlement parenting (including in relation to a child born under a surrogacy arrangement) maintenance child support medical procedures | |
| | nullity declaration as to validity of marriage, divorce or annulment | |
| | order relating to passport (see Division 4.2.7) | |
| 2 | Interim order sought at the same time as an application for final orders is made | Initiating Application (Family Law) |
| 2A | Interim order sought after an application for final orders is made | Application in a Case |
| 3 | Procedural, ancillary or other incidental order relating to an order or application sought at the same time as an application for final orders is made | Initiating Application (Family Law) |
| 3A | Procedural, ancillary or other incidental order relating to an order or application sought after an application for final orders is made | Application in a Case |
| 4 | Enforcement of a financial obligation or parenting order | Application in a Case |
| 5 | Review of an order of a Registrar or Judicial Registrar | Application in a Case |
| 6 | Divorce | Application for Divorce |
| 7 | Consent order when there is no current case | Application for Consent Orders |
| 8 | Contravention of an order under Division 13A of Part VII of the Act affecting children, for example, a breach of a contact order | Application—Contravention |
| 9 | Contravention of an order under Part XIIIA of the Act not affecting children, for example, a breach of a property order | Application—Contravention |
| 10 | Failure to comply with a bond entered into in accordance with the Act | Application—Contravention |
| 11 | Contempt of court | Application—Contempt |
Note 1: A respondent seeking orders in another cause of action may make an application in a Response to Initiating Application (Family Law) (see paragraph 9.01 (3) (c)).
Note 2: For further information about:
(a) a divorce application, see Chapter 3;
(b) starting a case for final orders other than a divorce, see Chapter 4;
(ba) making an application for a parenting order in relation to a child born under a surrogacy arrangement, see Division 4.2.8;
(c) making an Application in a Case, see Chapter 5;
(d) an application for a consent order, see Chapter 10;
(e) an application for contempt, enforcement or contravention, see Chapters 20 and 21; and
(f) an application relating to the failure of a party to comply with a bond, see Chapter 21;
(g) an appeal or an application relating to an appeal, see Chapter 22; and
(h) an application relating to a bankruptcy case, see Chapter 26.
Note 3: An application seeking orders under the Act may not be filed in a court of a Territory unless the applicant or respondent ordinarily resides in the Territory at the time the application is filed (see subsection 39(8) and section 69K of the Act).