9.01Response to an Initiating Application (Family Law)

9.01 Response to an Initiating Application (Family Law)

(1) A respondent to an Initiating Application (Family Law) who seeks to oppose the orders sought in the application or seeks different orders must file a Response to an Initiating Application (Family Law). (2) A Response to an Initiating Application (Family Law) must: (a) state the facts in the application with which the respondent disagrees; (b) state what the respondent believes the facts to be; and (c) give full particulars of the orders the respondent wants the court to make. (3) In addition to the matters in subrule (2), a Response to an Initiating Application (Family Law) may: (a) consent to an order sought by the applicant; (b) ask that the application be dismissed; or (c) ask for orders in another cause of action. (4) A Response to an Initiating Application (Family Law) must not include a request for any of the following orders: (a) a divorce order; (b) an order that a marriage be annulled; (c) a declaration as to validity of a marriage, divorce or annulment; (d) an order under Division 4.2.3 authorising a medical procedure.

Note: If:

(a) a Response to an Initiating Application (Family Law) includes a request for orders in another cause of action; and
(b) documents would be required to be filed under rule 2.02 to support that cause of action;

Note: the respondent must file with the Response to an Initiating Application (Family Law) the document required under rule 2.02 to be filed for that cause of action.