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Divorce Application Form

Client Details

Full Name

Phone

Email

PART A - THE APPLICANT/S

1. Who is making the application?

Husband
Wife
Husband & Wife together (joint)

2a. Do you want to attend the Court hearing?

Husband

Yes   No

Wife

Yes   No

2b. Will you need an interpreter at the Court hearing?

Husband

Yes   No

Which language and dialect do you require the interpreter to speak?

Wife

Yes   No

Which language and dialect do you require the interpreter to speak?

PART B - HUSBAND AND WIFE

Husband

Wife

3. First names

4. Middle name(s) (if any)

5. Surname

6. Date of Birth

7. Country of Birth

7a. Date first started living in Australia

8. Occupation

9. Current Contact Details

Not Known

Address 1

Address 2

Suburb

State

Postcode

Country

Phone

Not Known

Address 1

Address 2

Suburb

State

Postcode

Country

Phone

10. Does your former spouse currently have a lawyer?

Yes

No

Name of lawyer Name of law firm Address Phone Email

Yes

No

Name of lawyer Name of law firm Address Phone Email

PART C - JURISDICTION

Husband

Wife

11 a. Regards Australia as home and intends to live indefinitely in Australia

Yes

No

Yes
No

11 b. Is an Australian citizen by birth or descent

Yes

No

Yes

No

11 c. Is an Australian citizen by grant of Australian citizenship

Yes

No

Yes

No

11 d. Ordinarily lives in Australia and has done so for the past 12 months

Yes

No

Yes

No

PART D - MARRIAGE AND SEPARATION

12. Details of your marriage certificate

Date of marriage

Town/city

State

Country

13. Full names of both parties as they appear on the marriage certificate

Husband

Wife

14. When did you and your former spouse separate?

15a. At the date of separation did you regard the marriage as over?

Husband

Yes   No

Wife

Yes   No

15b. On what date did you regard the marriage as over?

Husband

Wife

16a. Since the date of separation, have you and your former spouse lived together in the same home but not as husband and wife?

Yes   No

16b. What periods since the date of separation did you live together with your former spouse in the same home but not as husband and wife?

First period

From To

Second period

From To
Not applicable

17a. Since the date of separation, have you and your former spouse lived together as husband and wife?

Yes   No

17b. What periods since the date of separation did you live together with your former spouse as husband and wife?

First period

From To

Second period

From To
Not applicable

18. Do you think it is likely that you and your former spouse will live together as husband and wife again?

Yes   No

19. Are you and your former spouse currently involved in Court proceedings, or have you previously been to Court or reached a formal agreement or undertaking about family law, family violence or child support?

Yes   No

OTHER COURT CASES

20. Are there any current or pending court cases in this or any other court about family law, child support, family violence or child welfare involving you or your former spouse and/or any children of you or your former spouse?

Yes   No

Court name

Location of Court

Next court date

Name of parties/children involved

Brief summary of proceedings

21. Are there any existing court orders, binding agreements, parenting plans or undertakings to a court about family violence, child support or child welfare involving you or your former spouse and/or any children of you or your former spouse?

Yes   No

Court name

Location of Court

Date of orders/agreement/undertaking

Name of parties/children involved

Brief summary of orders/agreement

PART E - CHILDREN

22. Do you and/or your former spouse have any children who are either children of you and your former spouse, or were treated as members of your family when you and your former spouse separated?

Yes   No

23. Are you the primary cardholder of a current government provided health care, senior, veteran or other concession card?

Husband

Yes   No

Wife

Yes   No

Is there any additional information you think we should be aware of?

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Client Details

Full Name

Phone

Email

PART A - THE APPLICANT/S

1. Who is making the application?

Husband
Wife
Husband & Wife together (joint)

2a. Do you want to attend the Court hearing?

Husband

Yes   No

Wife

Yes   No

2b. Will you need an interpreter at the Court hearing?

Husband

Yes   No

Which language and dialect do you require the interpreter to speak?

Wife

Yes   No

Which language and dialect do you require the interpreter to speak?

PART B - HUSBAND AND WIFE

Husband

Wife

3. First names

4. Middle name(s) (if any)

5. Surname

6. Date of Birth

7. Country of Birth

7a. Date first started living in Australia

8. Occupation

9. Current Contact Details

Not Known

Address 1

Address 2

Suburb

State

Postcode

Country

Phone

Not Known

Address 1

Address 2

Suburb

State

Postcode

Country

Phone

10. Does your former spouse currently have a lawyer?

Yes

No

Name of lawyer Name of law firm Address Phone Email

Yes

No

Name of lawyer Name of law firm Address Phone Email

PART C - JURISDICTION

Husband

Wife

11 a. Regards Australia as home and intends to live indefinitely in Australia

Yes

No

Yes
No

11 b. Is an Australian citizen by birth or descent

Yes

No

Yes

No

11 c. Is an Australian citizen by grant of Australian citizenship

Yes

No

Yes

No

11 d. Ordinarily lives in Australia and has done so for the past 12 months

Yes

No

Yes

No

PART D - MARRIAGE AND SEPARATION

12. Details of your marriage certificate

Date of marriage

Town/city

State

Country

13. Full names of both parties as they appear on the marriage certificate

Husband

Wife

14. When did you and your former spouse separate?

15a. At the date of separation did you regard the marriage as over?

Husband

Yes   No

Wife

Yes   No

15b. On what date did you regard the marriage as over?

Husband

Wife

16a. Since the date of separation, have you and your former spouse lived together in the same home but not as husband and wife?

Yes   No

16b. What periods since the date of separation did you live together with your former spouse in the same home but not as husband and wife?

First period

From To

Second period

From To
Not applicable

17a. Since the date of separation, have you and your former spouse lived together as husband and wife?

Yes   No

17b. What periods since the date of separation did you live together with your former spouse as husband and wife?

First period

From To

Second period

From To
Not applicable

18. Do you think it is likely that you and your former spouse will live together as husband and wife again?

Yes   No

19. Are you and your former spouse currently involved in Court proceedings, or have you previously been to Court or reached a formal agreement or undertaking about family law, family violence or child support?

Yes   No

OTHER COURT CASES

20. Are there any current or pending court cases in this or any other court about family law, child support, family violence or child welfare involving you or your former spouse and/or any children of you or your former spouse?

Yes   No

Court name

Location of Court

Next court date

Name of parties/children involved

Brief summary of proceedings

21. Are there any existing court orders, binding agreements, parenting plans or undertakings to a court about family violence, child support or child welfare involving you or your former spouse and/or any children of you or your former spouse?

Yes   No

Court name

Location of Court

Date of orders/agreement/undertaking

Name of parties/children involved

Brief summary of orders/agreement

PART E - CHILDREN

22. Do you and/or your former spouse have any children who are either children of you and your former spouse, or were treated as members of your family when you and your former spouse separated?

Yes   No

23. Are you the primary cardholder of a current government provided health care, senior, veteran or other concession card?

Husband

Yes   No

Wife

Yes   No

Is there any additional information you think we should be aware of?

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Vanessa Mathews

Managing Director FDRP and Mediator

BCOMM BSW LLB

Accredited Family Law Specialist, FDRP,
Mediator and Parenting Coordinator

Vanessa Mathews is the founder and managing director of Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists, and has the rare combination of social work qualifications and experience, combined with nearly 20 years’ experience as a lawyer and mediator; it makes her approach to resolving legal relationship issues both sensible and sensitive.
She is a fully accredited family law specialist, mediator, family dispute resolution practitioner and parenting coordinator with a commerce degree – adding a financially astute aspect to her practice.
Vanessa has extensive experience in complex issues that arise from relationship breakdown, and works in partnership with her clients,
who regularly describe her as empathetic
Vanessa is an active member of the family law profession and
a member of the:
Law Institute of Victoria, Family Law Section
Law Council of Australia, Family Law Section
Resolution Institute
Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators
National Mediation Accreditation System
Relationships Australia Family Lawyers Panel
Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers
Relationships Australia / Federal Circuit Court ‘Access Resolve’ Mediation Service
Relationships Australia ‘Property Mediation’ Service

Vanessa and Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists
are regularly recognised as a ‘Leading Victorian Family
Lawyer’, ‘Recommended Family Law Mediator’ and a
‘Leading Victorian Family Law Firm’ by Doyle’s Guide to
the Australian Legal Profession.
Get Started With Vanessa

Book A Free Consult

Vanessa Mathews

Managing Director FDRP and Mediator

BCOMM BSW LLB

Accredited Family Law Specialist, FDRP,
Mediator and Parenting Coordinator

Vanessa Mathews is the founder and managing director of Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists, and has the rare combination of social work qualifications and experience, combined with nearly 20 years’ experience as a lawyer and mediator; it makes her approach to resolving legal relationship issues both sensible and sensitive.
She is a fully accredited family law specialist, mediator, family dispute resolution practitioner and parenting coordinator with a commerce degree – adding a financially astute aspect to her practice.
Vanessa has extensive experience in complex issues that arise from relationship breakdown, and works in partnership with her clients,
who regularly describe her as empathetic
Vanessa is an active member of the family law profession and
a member of the:
Law Institute of Victoria, Family Law Section
Law Council of Australia, Family Law Section
Resolution Institute
Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators
National Mediation Accreditation System
Relationships Australia Family Lawyers Panel
Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers
Relationships Australia / Federal Circuit Court ‘Access Resolve’ Mediation Service
Relationships Australia ‘Property Mediation’ Service

Vanessa and Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists
are regularly recognised as a ‘Leading Victorian Family
Lawyer’, ‘Recommended Family Law Mediator’ and a
‘Leading Victorian Family Law Firm’ by Doyle’s Guide to
the Australian Legal Profession.
Get Started With Vanessa

Book A Free Consult