Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations On the filing of an
Initiating Application (Family Law), the Registry Manager must fix a date:
(a) in a parenting
case — for a procedural hearing that is as near as practicable to
28 days after the application was filed;
(b) in a financial
case — for a case assessment conference that is as near as
practicable to 28 days after the application was filed;
(c) if the application
includes both a financial case and a parenting case — for a case
assessment conference that is as near as practicable to 28 days after the
application was filed; or
(d) if an earlier date
is fixed for the hearing of that or another application so far as it concerns
an interim, procedural or other ancillary order in the case — for a
procedural hearing on the same day.
Note Under subrule 5.05 (4), a Registrar may, in exceptional
circumstances, allow an application for an interim, procedural, ancillary or
other incidental order to be listed for urgent hearing. Chapter 12 sets out
the requirements for case assessment conferences and procedural hearings.