The Family Court of Australia was established under Chapter 3 of the Australian Constitution, by the Family Law Act 1975, and commence…

Commonwealth family law is dealt with by the Family Law Act 1975, the Family Law Regulations 1984 and the Marriage Act 1961.
In 1986–87, the states agreed that children should be dealt with under the same legis…

With the establishment of the Federal Magistrates' Court in 1999 (now the Federal Circuit Court of Australia), the Family Court has concurrent jurisdiction in most areas, with the FCC. The FMC was initially given jurisdiction to hear applications for nullity …

In July 2006, under Division 12A of Part VII of the Family Law Act, the Court implemented its model for "less adversarial trials" – to be applied to all new child related proceedings in the Family Court, without the need for consent of the partie…

When the Family Court was established, an attempt was made to make the court less formal and more "family friendly", with a proposal that wigs should not be worn, although gowns would be retained. In 1987, the requirement to wear wigs were reinst…