{"id":229,"date":"2022-06-30T17:17:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T07:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackwoodfamilylawyers.com.au\/insights\/?p=229"},"modified":"2022-06-30T17:53:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T07:53:05","slug":"new-court-fees-from-1-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackwoodfamilylawyers.com.au\/insights\/new-court-fees-from-1-july-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"New court fees from 1 July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackwoodfamilylawyers.com.au\/profile-elizabeth-pathmaraj.htm\">Elizabeth Pathmaraj<\/a> &#8211; Senior Associate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia family law court filing and court fees have increased effective from 1 July 2022. A link to the court media release can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcfcoa.gov.au\/news-and-media-centre\/latest-news\/fl-fees-increase-2022\">https:\/\/www.fcfcoa.gov.au\/news-and-media-centre\/latest-news\/fl-fees-increase-2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>All family law filing fees and court fees are being increased and range between $5 to $70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Practitioners need to be alert to the change when preparing updated cost estimates and consider whether clients are eligible for an exemption of court fees. A link to the guidelines for exemption of court fees can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcfcoa.gov.au\/fl\/pubs\/guidelines-exemption-fees\">https:\/\/www.fcfcoa.gov.au\/fl\/pubs\/guidelines-exemption-fees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Applications for Divorce and Decree of Nullity are not eligible for exemption of court fees however, clients may be eligible to pay a reduced fee. A link to the guidelines for reduced fees for Application for Divorce and Decree of Nullity can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcfcoa.gov.au\/fl\/pubs\/guidelines-reduced-fee-divorce-nullity\">https:\/\/www.fcfcoa.gov.au\/fl\/pubs\/guidelines-reduced-fee-divorce-nullity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The table below outlines the current fees and the new fees from 1 July 2022:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Filing fees<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Current fees<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>New fees from 1 July<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Application for divorce<\/td><td>$940<\/td><td>$990<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Application for divorce \u2014 reduced fee<\/td><td>$310<\/td><td>$330<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Application for consent orders<\/td><td>$170<\/td><td>$180<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Application for decree as to nullity<\/td><td>$1,335<\/td><td>$1,405<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Application for decree as to nullity &#8211; reduced fee<\/td><td>$445<\/td><td>$465<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Application as to validity of Marriage, Divorce Annulment<\/td><td>$1,335<\/td><td>$1,405<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Initiating Application (Parenting <strong>OR<\/strong> Financial, Final only)<\/td><td>$365<\/td><td>$385<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Initiating Application (Parenting <strong>OR<\/strong> Financial, Final <strong>AND<\/strong> Interim)<\/td><td>$490<\/td><td>$515*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Initiating application (Parenting <strong>AND<\/strong> Financial, Final only)<\/td><td>$595<\/td><td>$625<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Initiating Application (Parenting <strong>AND<\/strong> Financial, Final <strong>AND<\/strong> Interim)<\/td><td>$720*<\/td><td>$755*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Response to initiating application (Final)<\/td><td>$365<\/td><td>$385<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Notice of appeal to the full court including an appeal from the Federal Circuit Court<\/td><td>$1,425<\/td><td>$1,500<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interim order application\/Application in a case (Parenting <strong>AND\/OR<\/strong> Financial)<\/td><td>$125<\/td><td>$130<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Issue subpoena<\/td><td>$55<\/td><td>$60<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Application under the <em>Trans Tasman Proceedings Act 2010<\/em><\/td><td>$125<\/td><td>$130<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Filing an application to register a New Zealand judgment<\/td><td>$110<\/td><td>$115<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><br><strong>Court event fees<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Setting down for hearing fee (defended matter) <em>(This fee is not refundable)<\/em><\/td><td>$660<br>$900<\/td><td>$695 (Div 2)<br>$945 (Div 1)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daily hearing fee (for each hearing day, excluding the first hearing day)<\/td><td>$660<br>$900<\/td><td>$695 (Div 2)<br>$945 (Div 1)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Conciliation conference<\/td><td>$415<\/td><td>$435 (Both)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elizabeth Pathmaraj &#8211; Senior Associate The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia family law court filing and court fees have increased effective from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"blog-detail.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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