Annual report [1997-98] - Family Court of Australia

The Family Court of Australia – annual report 1997-98
Table 4.3A: Court statistics – July 1997 to June 1998
NORTHERN SOUTHERN FCA FCWA AUST
BR DN NC PA SY TV AD CA DG HB ML
FILES OPENED
Ex-nuptial Files Opened 951 118 370 660 345 211 824 171 497 286 808 5241 721 5962
Total Files Opened 11793 673 3374 7032 8761 2031 5258 1953 4842 1822 11126 58665 6439 65104
DIVORCES AND NULLITIES
Forms 4 Filed - Application for Divorce 10374 443 2730 5476 7196 1610 4149 1527 3745 1382 8964 47596 5344 52940
Remissions of Fees (a) 4561 103 1251 1951 1512 626 1772 521 1532 700 3143 17672 1373 19045
Applicants in Person 7471 388 2173 3658 4216 1174 3454 1223 2693 1164 5535 33149 4559 37708
Divorces Granted - Decree Nisi 9453 408 2654 4785 6818 1521 4089 1504 3438 1321 8377 44368 5113 49481
Nullities Granted 6 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 17 0 17
ANCILLARY APPLICATIONS
Forms 7 Filed in Ex-nuptial Files 883 101 385 771 358 161 978 183 556 277 986 5639 592 6231
Total Forms 7 Filed - Final Orders (b) 3678 281 1379 2639 2655 630 2886 730 1746 918 4650 22192 2459 24651
Forms 7A Filed - Response to Form 7 2221 162 826 1601 1673 348 1565 478 987 473 2322 12656 1400 14056
Forms 7B Filed - Reply to Form 7A 88 4 32 50 75 15 47 16 17 26 55 425 61 486
Forms 8 Filed in Ex-nuptial Files 965 133 322 544 266 102 1194 205 649 229 1155 5764 691 6455
Total Forms 8 Filed - Interim/Procedural Orders 3431 326 1009 2076 2136 418 3346 750 2013 678 4979 21162 2912 24074
Forms 12 Filed - Maintenance 366 24 89 138 186 48 417 95 172 82 472 2089 549 2638
Forms 12A Filed in Ex-nuptial Files 222 24 33 41 32 77 61 38 72 113 95 808 37 845
Total Forms 12A Filed - Consent Orders 2648 188 720 1129 1985 602 1428 592 1361 895 2366 13914 1217 15131
Forms 26A Filed in Ex-nuptial Files 23 5 31 4 6 15 23 3 19 3 16 148 1 149
Total Forms 26A Filed - Parenting Plan 98 11 63 13 48 28 51 15 48 5 47 427 11 438
Forms 43 Filed - Notice of Appeal (O32r22) 28 3 23 43 44 5 7 6 5 2 42 208 73 281
Transfers from Other Courts 597 35 159 626 501 82 104 88 87 20 1105 3404 108 3512
ORDERS SOUGHT - FORMS 7 (including
additional orders sought on a 7A, 8 & 12)
Residence in Ex-nuptial Files 1274 145 439 814 347 177 1363 236 790 318 1218 7121 613 7734
Total Residence 3322 312 1047 2114 1652 464 2849 637 1871 708 4066 19042 1905 20947
Contact in Ex-nuptial Files 1441 154 492 919 427 193 1273 289 890 344 1535 7957 776 8733
Total Contact 3795 339 1176 2427 1960 528 2901 799 2197 792 4776 21690 2268 23958
Specific Issues in Ex-nuptial Files 1041 112 350 656 379 172 1274 166 662 263 1126 6201 44 6245
Total Specific Issues 2743 259 854 1764 1747 458 2622 457 1628 586 3638 16756 708 17464
Property 2072 86 595 1163 1859 277 1273 422 986 339 3254 12326 1531 13857
Spouse Maintenance 680 13 79 157 360 66 476 53 197 71 755 2907 219 3126
Child Maintenance in Ex-nuptial Files 37 7 10 16 6 6 75 11 21 15 34 238 114 352
Total Child Maintenance 278 20 65 113 105 38 289 80 137 63 279 1467 502 1969
Injunctions 696 105 196 782 722 78 1565 275 574 343 1883 7219 850 8069
Costs 2002 48 191 880 103 265 798 216 371 738 1139 6751 82 6833
Discharge Orders 389 61 56 459 290 62 583 124 376 123 1089 3612 0 3612
Other 1692 226 726 1696 1539 249 2103 497 1956 471 3535 14690 1206 15896
Total Orders Sought - Children 9860 910 3077 6305 5359 1450 8372 1893 5696 2086 12480 57488 4881 62369
(a) Remissions of fees are for July to March as data are not yet available for the June quarter. (b) Form 12A figures have been excluded from the Form 7 counts. Form 12A figures
are now reported separately. (c) Total files opened figures for Darwin in 1997-98 are much lower than the 1996-97 figures which were inflated due to a backcapture of files.
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