Family Law

1. The party who is responding to the application. In other words, not the party that has brought the case before the court.
5. Generic normally used to indicate a first court date
6. Generic usually referring to a Judgment
7. Refers to a child or children generally under the age of 2 years
9. A legal proceeding brought by one person in the absence of and without representation or notification of other parties.
12. A member of the judiciary, resident in the Federal Magistrates Court (as opposed to the Family Law Court) with similar powers to a Judge.
14. Written or verbal arguments to support a case by summarising the positive facts and referring to both the Act and case law
15. Conference a conference event to ensure both parties are ready for trial and that all required material is available
17. A member of the Judiciary who has powers to hand down judgements.

1. Refers to a parent moving to an area which will make existing or proposed contact problematic
2. A Court event with a Federal Magistrate or Judge, the parties (and their legal representatives)
3. A witness with formal qualifications or expertise in a matter before the Court
4. Deliberately ignoring an order or direction from a Court, can carry a penalty depending on the severity of the offence
6. The first step in the process of determining parenting plans and/or property division when a private agreement between the parties cannot be reached.
8. Normally an agreed set of facts between the parties, usually handed up before or during a hearing
10. The administrative arm of the court house that manages hearing dates and filing of documents.
11. Where two parties to a case attend a session with an independent mediator
13. Referring to an informal event (not in the Courtroom) between a presiding officer (normally a Judge) and the parties in a case
16. To file papers in a registry which are ‘stamped’ and entered into the Court records