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Read this once. It takes a minute, and then you can go through everything properly.
what has happened
The other party has been through the application, corrected their own details, and sent it back to you.
Nothing has been filed and nothing is binding. It is still only on the two of your devices.
what to check
What they changed. Anything they altered is listed for you on the review screen, and you should read every line of it rather than the summary.
What they disagreed with, and the reasons they gave. A disagreement is not a setback: it is the part of this that is working.
Whether the figures still add up to what the two of you actually agreed. Small changes upstream can move the division without anyone intending it.
what to do
Take as long as you want. It saves as you go, and you can close it and come back.
If anything has moved and you are not sure what it means for you, check with a lawyer or a mediator before you sign. You do not need their agreement to do that, and you do not have to tell them.
what not to do
Do not assume nothing changed. Read what came back before you sign anything.
Do not sign because you want it over with. A court decides for itself whether the division is fair. It does not simply approve what is put in front of it.
Do not agree to anything you do not understand.
if you need someone to talk to
1800RESPECT, on 1800 737 732. Free and confidential, any hour, for anyone affected by family violence or sexual assault. In an emergency, call 000.
If you are agreeing because you feel you have no choice, talk to somebody first. Even after a court makes the orders, it can undo them if somebody was pressured into agreeing. It is not too late once the papers are signed.
what this is
The other party has used this tool to prepare an application to divide your property, and has sent it to you to check.
Nothing has been filed. Nothing is binding. Opening this does not agree to anything, and no court has seen it.
why it has come to you
Both of you have to check the figures, and both of you have to sign, before it can go anywhere at all.
You can correct your own details, and you can disagree with any part of it and say why. Disagreeing is a normal part of this, not a problem.
what to do
Read all of it, including the parts about you and the parts about money.
Take as long as you want. It saves as you go, on this device, so you can close it and come back later.
Check anything you are unsure about with a lawyer or a mediator before you sign. You do not need the other party's agreement to do that.
what not to do
Do not sign because somebody wants you to. A court decides for itself whether the division is fair. It does not simply approve what is put in front of it.
Do not agree to anything you do not understand.
Do not feel you have to finish today.
if you need someone to talk to
1800RESPECT, on 1800 737 732. Free and confidential, any hour, for anyone affected by family violence or sexual assault. In an emergency, call 000.
If you are agreeing because you feel you have no choice, talk to somebody first. Even after a court makes the orders, it can undo them if somebody was pressured into agreeing. It is not too late once the papers are signed.
first, a quick check.
Ninety seconds. It makes sure this tool is right for your situation before you type a single detail.
Western Australia is not on this list yet: it has its own family court, its own forms and its own signing rules, and this tool does not prepare them.
Honest answers here save you real money. Each of these needs a lawyer, and this tool will tell you instead of taking your $695.
this one needs a lawyer.
heads up: time limit.
answer everything above to continue
By continuing you accept the terms of service. Your answers stay in this browser on this device: the privacy policy explains what that means, including what happens if you clear your browsing data. Free to build and check; $695 per couple when your documents are generated. The support page sets out where you stand if something goes wrong. This tool does not give legal advice.
about you.
This becomes Part A of the Application. Use your name as you use it now, not your name at marriage.
needed for the application
needed for the application
Home duties and not employed both count.
write your occupation, or 'not employed'
enter a valid date; you must be 18 or over
needed for the application
The Court says you are not required to answer; it helps with anonymous statistics only.
Also optional; the Court collects this to plan its services.
that does not look like an email address
enter a contact number
Where Court documents can reach the applicant. If you have safety concerns, give any address where documents can be served on you. Email is required either way.
It does not have to be where you live. If you have safety concerns, use any Australian address where documents can reach you.
needed for the application
needed for the application
choose a state
four digits
The Court needs at least one to hear your application.
pick at least one
about your ex.
Also Part A of the Application; the Court calls them the respondent. Best filled in by them: pass the device, or enter what you know and they confirm it before signing.
needed for the application
needed for the application
Home duties and not employed both count.
write their occupation, or 'not employed'
enter a valid date; they must be 18 or over
needed for the application
The Court says they are not required to answer; it helps with anonymous statistics only.
Also optional; the Court collects this to plan its services.
that does not look like an email address
enter a contact number
Where Court documents can reach the respondent.
Any Australian address where documents can reach the respondent.
needed for the application
needed for the application
choose a state
four digits
pick at least one
your relationship.
Parts B and C of the Application: the key dates, and anything the Court needs to know about other cases or orders.
final separation: (from eligibility)
enter a date before your separation
enter a date on or before your separation
needed for the application
needed for the application
needed for the application
needed for the application
out of time: both of you must agree to proceed.
the de facto gateways
the court's power over your property; checked here
Because you were not married, the Court needs a few extra facts before it can make property orders. Answer honestly; the tool works the law out silently.
your separation date is before the scheme began.
Think a house deposit, years of unpaid work in the other's business, or building a home together.
Your certificate of registration joins the filing pack; you will be reminded at generation.
none of the four doorways applies.
The federal de facto property scheme needs at least one of those four things to be true before the Court can make these orders. This is a legal advice situation, not a form filling one; a family lawyer can tell you what is open to you.
relying on contributions alone means this tool stops here.
Whether substantial contributions open the Court’s de facto property jurisdiction on your facts is a legal judgement, not a form-filling one. A family lawyer can tell you whether that doorway is open to you — the Court’s find-a-lawyer page at fcfcoa.gov.au is the neutral place to start.
Everywhere in Australia except Western Australia participates.
Because the connection is only from today, one more fact is needed about the relationship itself.
the connection to a participating state is missing.
The Court needs a geographical connection to a participating state or territory, and on these answers there is not one. A family lawyer can look at whether another path exists.
the children
part d; required even for money-only orders
Any child of either of you, not only children you had together. Even for money-only orders the Court must be satisfied the arrangement does not leave a child worse off. It is a welfare check, not a parenting application; nothing here creates parenting orders.
add each child under 18, and complete every card
Family law, child support, family violence or child welfare cases, in any court.
a sentence or two is enough
a sentence or two is enough
You will be reminded to attach a copy when you file.
Most couples answer no to both. They only apply if a super split has been started or blocked before.
You answered yes: you will be reminded to attach a copy of the notice or flag document when you file.
Sometimes called a binding financial agreement or a superannuation agreement, usually drawn by lawyers.
an existing agreement means this tool stops here.
The next step is a lawyer, who can advise whether the agreement stands, or whether consent orders can sit alongside it.
bankruptcy means this tool stops here.
The trustee in bankruptcy may hold an interest in the property pool. The next step is a lawyer.
this one needs a lawyer.
Where a proceeds of crime order or forfeiture application touches the property, consent orders cannot be prepared as a self service matter. A family lawyer can tell you what is open to you.
For example, someone either of you owes money to, including family. Banks with ordinary mortgages do not count.
Your orders will make one of you responsible for a debt as between the two of you. They cannot order the other person or a lender to do anything: that needs them joined to the application, and a lawyer. Question 12 of your Statement of Truth is left blank for that reason.
notice first, application second.
The Court requires that person to have written notice before you file. Send it (a short letter describing the orders you will seek is enough), then come back and change this answer. Your progress is saved.
Look at whose name is on the title or the share register, not who controls it. Answer no if the entity is simply being kept by one of you and nothing is moving out of it.
this one needs a lawyer and an accountant.
Moving property out of a company, trust or self-managed fund is not the same as moving it between the two of you. The entity has to be joined to the application and sign the orders itself, and the transfer can trigger tax and duty that an ordinary transfer between spouses does not. Getting that wrong costs far more than the advice does. This tool builds two-party applications and cannot do it safely.
money + property.
Part H of the Application: everything either of you owns and owes. Enter each thing once; the tool builds both columns of the form and keeps the totals for you. Whole dollars, honest estimates are fine.
income
gross, per week, before tax
enter a whole number; 0 is fine
enter a whole number; 0 is fine
a sentence is enough
whole dollars
The Court's box is small. A first name is enough: both full names are at items 1 and 2 of the form.
needed
whole dollars
The Court's box is small. A first name is enough: both full names are at items 1 and 2 of the form.
needed
whole dollars
The Court's box is small. A first name is enough: both full names are at items 1 and 2 of the form.
needed
whole dollars
The Court's box is small. A first name is enough: both full names are at items 1 and 2 of the form.
needed
property
$0 listed
Add each item once. For anything owned jointly, enter the whole value and the tool splits it into the form's two columns correctly, which is the single most common mistake on paper applications.
rough value
rough value
debts
$0 listed
HECS-HELP + student loans
$0 listed
Often forgotten. The current balance shows in myGov under the ATO section.
counted in, or kept outside?
Courts have treated HECS-HELP debts both ways: sometimes counted in the pool being divided, sometimes left as the debt of the person who holds it. Decisions have turned on things like when the study happened, whether the household lived on the income it produced, and whether the debt is repayable yet. There is no fixed rule, and this tool cannot tell you which is right for you. If you are unsure, it is a good question for a lawyer, or for a mediation session. Either way the balance is disclosed to the Court.
superannuation
$0 listed
One entry per fund, per person. The value from the most recent member statement is what the Court wants.
no super listed for the applicant
Having no superannuation at all is uncommon, and the Registrar will expect a short reason, for example time out of the paid workforce as a carer, or self-employment without contributions. One or two sentences.
a short reason is needed, or add the fund above
no super listed for the respondent
Having no superannuation at all is uncommon, and the Registrar will expect a short reason, for example time out of the paid workforce as a carer, or self-employment without contributions. One or two sentences.
a short reason is needed, or add the fund above
there is no property to divide.
this fund type needs an extra step.
last two questions
then the totals are done
who, what, and roughly what it was worth
what, and roughly what it is worth
The court accepts an estimate here: whatever you enter is printed with an E in front of it, which is how the form asks you to mark a figure you cannot be exact about. Leave it blank if the thing genuinely has no value that can be worked out yet.
the honesty rule.
The law requires full and frank disclosure of your finances. Leaving something out can get the orders cancelled later, and can cost you the other side's legal fees. When you are sure everything is listed, confirm below.
selling and transferring are taxed differently.
Where one of you keeps an asset under these orders, capital gains tax is usually deferred until that person sells it themselves. Where you sell it now, the tax can fall due now. The home you have been living in is usually exempt either way; an investment property, a share parcel or a crypto holding usually is not. This is worth an accountant's view before you decide, not after.
the split.
Your proposed division, the factual story behind it, and where every single item goes. The tool checks the arithmetic against your stated split so the Registrar never has to.
As percentages of the whole pool, including super. They must add to 100. One decimal place is fine.
between 0 and 100
between 0 and 100
the two shares must add to exactly 100
this split is further from equal than this tool goes.
who decides whether this is fair.
A registrar independently decides whether your orders are just and equitable under s 79(2) of the Family Law Act. They are not a rubber stamp, and they can refuse or ask questions even where you both agree.
Orders obtained by duress, fraud or a miscarriage of justice can be set aside later under s 79A. Agreeing to something under pressure does not make it permanent.
Divisions further from equal are common and are often entirely proper. They simply turn more on the particular facts, and are looked at more closely. Independent legal advice, or mediation, is worth having before you file whatever your numbers look like.
more than 10 points from equal.
A division this far from equal is common and is often entirely proper. It simply turns more on the particular facts of your relationship, which a registrar reads in the boxes below.
the story behind it
your facts; the tool only orders and formats
The Court asks three questions about what each of you contributed, and one about the future. Answer yes or no. Where things were not the same, add each fact as its own row: who, when, what, and a dollar figure where one exists. The tool assembles your rows into the statement, in date order, exactly as you wrote them. It never adds a word of its own.
a tip, not a rule
None of your money rows carries a dollar figure. The Registrar reads item 69 with a calculator nearby; amounts make the story land.
the sale money
One percentage covers everything marked “sell it”: all the sale money goes into one pot, every debt marked “paid from sale” is cleared out of it, and this is your share of what remains. Different splits for different sold items are not supported. If you need that, the balancing payment below usually gets you to the same place.
the applicant—
the respondent—
the sale does not cover its debts.
The debts marked as paid from sale are larger than the value of everything being sold. Check the allocations above before continuing.
does it add up?
checked live, to the dollar
reconciliation
allocate everything above to see the arithmetic.
the allocation misses your stated split.
Counted from the date the orders are made. Consider where the money is coming from: if it depends on a refinance or a sale, allow for that.
who gets what.
Both columns, side by side, with every item where you put it. This is the picture a Registrar forms when they read your application, so it is worth a minute of your time.
the last details
agree these before either of you signs
Four things the Minute needs that the earlier parts did not ask for. They go into the orders, so settle them together now: anything changed after a statement is made puts the matter back to the other person to sign again.
These fill the gaps the Minute needs that the earlier parts did not ask for. Then the documents build on this device; nothing is sent anywhere.
choose a registry
This one is the applicant's to answer, so it is locked here.
the form requires an answer; 'none that we are aware of' is acceptable if true
This one is the respondent's to answer, so it is locked here.
the form requires an answer; 'none that we are aware of' is acceptable if true
This tool ends maintenance claims; it cannot create ongoing maintenance. If either of you wants ongoing spouse or partner maintenance, that is a lawyer conversation, not this form.
a debt is marked paid from sale, but nothing is being sold.
Go back to part 05 and either allocate a property to sale or move that debt to a person.
a property is recorded as mortgaged, but no mortgage is listed against it.
The orders have to name the loan they are dealing with, and the figures use the amount owing on it. Go back to part 04 and add the mortgage as a debt, naming the same property it is secured against — or, if there is no loan over it, answer no to the mortgage question above.
a statement was withdrawn.
nothing else to send.
Before they can open it, we will ask them three things only they would know: their date of birth, their phone number, and the postcode of their address for service. Those answers are the other half of the key, so the emailed link opens nothing on its own.
Five wrong attempts at any of them and the link closes for good, and we will email you to check what you entered in part 02. Nothing is lost: you simply send again.
stored, but the email sender is not connected.
The sealed matter is stored. Copy this link and give it to the other party yourself; it opens their review on their device.
the sending service is not connected.
Nothing was sent and nothing was lost: your matter is saved on this device. Wait a moment and press send again.
finish your statement and the two rules first
check + sign.
The pre-flight the Registrar would otherwise run on your application, run here first. Then each of you makes your own statement, in your own name.
the checks
re-derived live from your answers
0
coming with document generation
nothing for you to do yet
before anyone signs
two rules the court rejects packs over
the 90 day clock
The application must be filed within 90 days of the first signed Statement of Truth. Do not sign until you are ready to file; if the clock runs out, you both sign again.
the same day rule
Each of you signs the application and every page of the proposed orders on the same day. You do not need to sign on the same day as each other.
your statements
one person, one statement; the tool enforces it
These become each person's Statement of Truth on the printed application, in the Court's prescribed wording. Only the person this device belongs to can tick their statement; the other side's is locked.
your statement
The advice line is the only optional one: tick it only yourself, and only if it is true. If it is true, your lawyer can also complete the one-paragraph Statement of independent legal advice in the printed form; the tool will point to it. Every other box must be ticked or the Court can reject the application.
their statement
The advice line is the only optional one: tick it only yourself, and only if it is true. Every other box must be ticked or the Court can reject the application.
build the documents
free while in beta
Beta: the $695 generation fee is not being charged yet, so your documents build free. The payment step will live right here when beta ends.
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Refresh the page and try again. If it keeps happening, tell us.
Build your copy below. It is the same pack, produced from the same answers on your own device.
send it across
Everything is answered and you can build the documents above. If the other party is the one finishing off, or paying, send it back to them instead.
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Before you send, open part 02 and check that their email, date of birth, phone number and postcode are up to date. The email is where this goes. The other three are what they will use to open it, and an old one will lock out the right person. The postcode is the one for their address for service, which may not be where they live.
READY TO GENERATE
the last step
check it's you.
Someone has sent you an application for consent orders to review. Before we open it, three questions only you would know the answer to. These are the other half of the key: the emailed link opens nothing without them.
not working?
Answer with your own details, not theirs. If they do not work, the person who sent this may have typed one of them incorrectly when they filled in the application. Ask them to check your date of birth, phone number and postcode, and send it again.
Spaces and punctuation do not matter. Nothing is downloaded to this device until all three are right.
the last step
this needs a bigger screen
You are about to list every asset, debt and superannuation account you both hold, and then read court documents before you sign them. On a screen this size that goes wrong in ways that are expensive to undo, so we do not let it start here.
Use a laptop, a desktop computer or a tablet. If you are already on one, make this window bigger and this message will disappear on its own.
if you arrived from an invitation email
Nothing is lost and nothing has been missed. Your matter is waiting exactly where it was. Open that same email again on a computer and the link will work.
Nothing you have already entered is affected.
the last step
before you leave this computer
Your documents have downloaded. Two things to deal with, and then you are done.
the other party has been told
1. your documents are in the downloads folder
They went to whatever folder this browser saves downloads to, usually called Downloads. That is fine on your own computer.
On a shared or public computer, such as a library, move them now. Copy the zip file onto a USB stick, or email it to yourself, then delete it from the Downloads folder and empty the recycle bin or trash. A file deleted from Downloads can often still be recovered from the bin until the bin is emptied.
2. your answers are still saved in this browser
That is deliberate. It means you can come back later, fix something and generate again without typing it all in a second time, which is exactly what you want if the Court asks a question about your application.
But it also means your property list and your children's names stay on this computer until someone removes them. If this is not your own computer, or if someone else uses it, remove them now.
before you delete anything
Your pack contains a file ending in .laststep. That single file restores your whole matter on any computer using the load button at the top of this tool. If you delete your answers here and you do not have that file, everything has to be typed in again from scratch. Nobody can recover it for you, including us, because we never had it.
the last step
this browser has been cleared
Your answers have been removed from this computer. Nothing about your matter remains here.
what you still need
The documents you downloaded, and the .laststep file inside that pack if you ever need to change anything. Move the pack off this computer if you have not already.
Filing instructions are in the pack, on the sheet called how to file. You lodge through the Commonwealth Courts Portal yourself.
You can close this window now. Reopening this tool will start a fresh, empty matter.