Table of contents
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Table of contents
- 1 – Introduction
- 2 – Types of matters that may be assisted
- 3 – Criminal law guidelines
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4 – Commonwealth family law and child support guidelines
- Guideline 1 – early intervention and dispute resolution
- Guideline 2 – litigation
- Guideline 3 – parties who are not parents
- Guideline 4 – assistance for applications to discharge or vary parenting arrangements
- Guideline 5 – independent representation of children
- Guideline 6 – child support and child maintenance
- Guideline 7 – spousal maintenance
- Guideline 8 – arrears of spousal or child maintenance or child support
- Guideline 9 – parentage
- Guideline 10 – special medical procedures involving children
- Guideline 11 – recovery, location and information orders
- Guideline 12 – nullity of marriage
- Guideline 13 – assistance after final court orders are made
- Guideline 14 – appeals
- Guideline 15 – contravention and enforcement of court orders and contempt of court
- Guideline 16 – international child abduction matters
- Guideline 17 – family law costs management
- Family law trials and final hearings
- Jurisdiction of family law proceedings
- 5 – Commonwealth civil law guidelines
- 6 – State family guidelines
- 7 – State civil law guidelines
- 8 – Public interest and strategic litigation
- 9 – Standard grants assessment process
- 10 – Simplified grants assessment process
- 11 – Referral and practitioner panels
- 12 – Means test
- 13 – Commonwealth merits test
- 14 – State reasonableness test and interests of justice test
- 15 – Special circumstances
- 16 – Applying for a grant of legal assistance
- 17 – Decision to grant or refuse assistance
- 18 – Reconsideration and review of decisions
- 19 – Standard terms and conditions
- 20 – Contributions and overdue payments
- 21 – Abandoning legal assistance
- 22 – Finalising grants of legal assistance
- 23 – Allocation of work to lawyers and law firms
- 24 – Payments to lawyers and service providers
- 25 – Compliance reviews
- 26 – Privacy protection
- 27 – Complaints and feedback
- Topic index
- Invoice, worksheets and forms
- Contact us
4 – Commonwealth family law and child support guidelines
Subject to the Commonwealth merits test and the means test, Victoria Legal Aid may make a grant of legal assistance where a person meets the relevant guideline in relation to the following Commonwealth family law and child support matters being heard or determined in Victoria:
- early intervention and dispute resolution (see Guideline 1 – Early intervention and dispute resolution)
- family law litigation matters:
- making and responding to applications for parenting orders (see Guideline 2 – Litigation)
- making or responding to an application to discharge or vary parenting orders and registered parenting plans (see Guideline 4 – Assistance for applications to discharge or vary parenting arrangements)
- separate representation of a child in family law proceedings (see Guideline 5 – Independent representation of children)
- making or responding to applications regarding the parentage of a child (see Guideline 9 – Parentage)
- special medical procedures involving children (parent in family law proceedings) (see Guideline 10 – Special medical procedures involving children)
- recovery, location and information orders (see Guideline 11 – Recovery, location and information orders)
- making or responding to an application for contravention or enforcement of court orders or contempt of court (see Guideline 15 – Contravention and enforcement of court orders and contempt of court)
- child support and child maintenance (see Guideline 6 – Child support and child maintenance) including arrears (see Guideline 8 – Arrears of spousal or child maintenance or child support)
- spousal maintenance (see Guideline 7 – Spousal maintenance) including arrears (see Guideline 8 – Arrears of spousal or child maintenance or child support)
- nullity of marriage (see Guideline 12 – Nullity of marriage)
- appeals in family law or child support matters (see Guideline 14 – Appeals)
- international child abduction matters (see Guideline 16 – International child abduction matters).
This section also contains information upon which to base decisions about jurisdiction of family law proceedings and grants of legal assistance for family law trials and final hearings.