Family Court of Australia

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The Family Court of Australia was a specialist federal court that dealt primarily with complex family law matters such as divorce, parenting disputes, and property settlements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal court
specialist court
abolitionEffectiveDate 2021-09-01
appliesStatute Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
Family Law Act 1975
Family Law Regulations
Marriage Act 1961
areaOfLaw family law
commencedOperations 1976
country Australia
courtHierarchyLevel superior court of record
dateFormed 1976-01-05
dissolved 2021-09-01
employs family consultants
judges
registrars
establishedBy Family Law Act 1975
handlesCaseType child custody
child support appeals
complex financial family law matters
divorce
international child abduction matters
parenting disputes
property settlements
spousal maintenance
hasAppealTo Full Court of the Family Court of Australia
hasFinalAppealTo High Court of Australia
hasHeadquartersLocation Canberra
hasJurisdictionOver declarations of validity of marriage
financial agreements under the Family Law Act
injunctions in family law matters
maintenance of children in limited circumstances
maintenance of spouses
marriage dissolution
nullity of marriage
parental responsibility
parenting orders
property settlement after relationship breakdown
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPrincipalRegistryLocation Sydney
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
legalAuthority Australian Constitution
legalSystem common law
mergedInto Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
replacedBy Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
status abolished
typeOfCourt specialist family law court

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High Court of Australia hearsAppealsFrom Family Court of Australia
subject linked to: HCA
Australian law hasCourt Family Court of Australia
Australian law hasCourt Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
linked to: Family Court of Australia
Courts of Victoria cooperatesWith Family Court of Australia
federal courts of Australia hasComponent Family Court of Australia
subject linked to: courts of Australia
Judiciary of Australia hasComponent Family Court of Australia
Law Courts Building, Sydney houses Family Court of Australia (Sydney registry)
linked to: Family Court of Australia
Family Court of Australia hasAppealTo Full Court of the Family Court of Australia
linked to: Family Court of Australia
High Court of Australia hearsAppealsFrom Family Court of Australia
subject linked to: High Court
Alastair Nicholson employer Family Court of Australia
Supreme Court of Queensland coordinatesWith Family Court of Australia
Family Court of Western Australia isSeparateFrom Family Court of Australia