Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FAMILY LAW RULES 2004 - RULE 16.11

                The purpose of the first procedural hearing before the Judge is:

        (a)         for the presiding judicial officer, with the assistance of the parties and their legal representatives, to discuss and identify the orders sought and issues in dispute between the parties arising from the applications before the court;

        (b)         in the ordinary course, to hear and determine any interlocutory issues or interim applications that are outstanding on the first day before the Judge, or to make appropriate arrangements for the determination of those applications;

        (c)         to consider the balance sheet; and

        (d)         to consider and determine a plan for the trial.