What you get. Enter one date and see a 9-step timeline of typical dates for this process, with the step you can act on highlighted. The stages: Day 0: Application issued · About ten days (typical): Application served · Day 30 (the Family Law Rules deadline): Deadline to answer · About eight weeks (typical): First case conference · About ten weeks (typical): Financial statements exchanged · About thirteen weeks (typical): Motions for interim relief, if needed · About five months (typical): Settlement conference · About seven months (typical): Trial management conference · About nine months onward (typical): Trial, or a consent order first.
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In this centreWhat changes the moment we separate?In this centreHow do we arrange support, parenting and the home while the case is going on?In this centreShould we try to settle through lawyers, or does this need to go to court?In this centreWhat actually happens once a family court case is started?
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