Family Law Glossary
Please click on right side to know about commonly used terms in relation to family law
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- Family Law Glossary
- Address for service
- Adjourn
- Affidavit
- Appeal
- Applicant
- Case
- Case Management Directions
- Child Dispute Services
- Conciliation conference
- Consent order
- Contravention
- Court order
- Determination phase
- Divorce order
- Enforcement order
- Ex parte hearing
- Family consultant
- Family Law Courts
- Family Law Act 1975
- Family law registry
- Family report
- Family violence
- Family violence order
- Federal Magistrate
- Filing
- Final order
- Form
- Full Court
- Independent children's lawyer
- Interim application
- Judgment
- Judicial officer
- Jurisdiction
- Order
- Parental responsibility
- Parenting plan
- Party or parties
- Practice Directions
- Precedent
- Procedural order
- Registrar
- Resolution phase
- Respondent
- Rules
- Service
- Subpoena
- Terms of Settlement
- Transcript
- Trial