Family Court fees & costs

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Court fees

There is a fee for the following applications to the Family Court. Other applications don’t have a fee:

Apply for a Dissolution Order (for a divorce) $211.50
Apply for a Parenting Order or to change (vary) or cancel (discharge) a Parenting Order $220
Apply for an order about relationship property $700
Hearings about relationship property $906 per half day or part of a half day

All prices include GST.

The fee applies whether your case is urgent (made without notice) or applied for on notice.

Find out more about urgent applications

You can ask the court to waive (cancel) the fee. This means you won’t have to pay.

Find out more about how to get a fee waived

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Other costs & Cost Contribution Orders

For cases about the care of children or child support you may have to pay a share of the costs of a lawyer appointed by the court (for example lawyer for the child) or reports from specialists. You may have to pay even if your application is withdrawn or if you sort out the dispute between yourselves after applying.

Find out more about Cost Contribution Orders

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If you want to dispute paying the costs

If you’re not getting legal aid and you want to say you can’t pay you’ll need to say why you can’t or shouldn’t pay towards any costs or why you shouldn’t pay the same amount as other people in your case.

You’ll get a letter from the court on how to do this and you’ll generally need to do it within 14 days.

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