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.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (48)

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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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ