The Family Court is the second biggest division of the District Court.
Working under 36 Acts of Parliament, its jurisdiction spans family matters from before birth to beyond the grave. These may relate to separation, marriage dissolution, spousal maintenance and child support, care and protection, adoption, surrogacy, custody, abduction, domestic violence and disputes about relationship property and estates of deceased people.
The court also deals with care and treatment issues for people with mental illness, intellectual disabilities and substance addictions held in compulsory care.
Family Court statistics are recorded by number of applications rather than cases or people because each case may involve several applications or people. Some applications may be managed together.
Applications are grouped under the following case types:
All Family Court statistics for the 2020-2021 fiscal year (ending 30 June 2021) as a spreadsheet:
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