Course Overview
When a client is seeking a divorce they need your advice and support in navigating a series of complex family law issues, including those related to finances, parenting and child support.
It's often stressful and complicated to work out how to divide financial assets after a relationship breakdown.
By focusing on the resolution of financial issues, including property settlement and spouse maintenance, this course will help you better support your clients during this difficult process.
It will guide you through the steps in making an initiating application for financial orders in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA).
At the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Advise a client on pre-action procedures and making an application for financial orders, including property settlement and spouse maintenance
- Explain the dispute resolution and court process to a client
- Develop a checklist which sets out the information and documents to give the client and to seek from the client at the first interview
- Identify what documents must be prepared and filed together with an initiating application to seek final financial orders or with response to initiating application
Course Structure
- Getting started – knowing the basics
- Taking instructions and advising
- Checking jurisdiction and pre-action procedures
- Preparing court documents to commence proceedings
- Filing and serving an initiating application seeking final financial orders
- Attending the first court event and subsequent court events
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FAQs
The course contains content that falls within the mandatory CPD categories of:
- Professional skills
With our online on-demand interactive courses, you can learn when and where it suits you. We’ve designed each course to provide both education and enjoyment.
Each course offers a mix of engaging exercises, where you’ll gain access to:
- Interactive activities to challenge your understanding and put your knowledge to the test. You’ll also enjoy engaging exercises, such as flip cards, quizzes and drafting activities.
- Clearly identified outcomes so you know precisely what you’ll learn – and the skills you’ll gain. You’ll also be able to track your development and focus on key improvement areas.
- Extended course access so you can reference the material as you need – or revisit it should life get in the way.
- Feedback and template answers so you can refine your skills, grow your knowledge and gain fresh insights.
Access each module on the College’s learning portal. When you buy a single, you’ll have 24/7 unlimited access for 12-months from the date of purchase.
Does this educational activity extend your knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to your practice needs or professional development?
If so, and you’re not a WA practitioner, you should claim 1 unit for each hour of participation, not including breaks.
Please check your local CPD rules for any caps on activity types, such as the private study of non-interactive audio/visual materials. You are responsible for keeping your own CPD records and complying with your local CPD rules.
No. Western Australian practitioners who complete our on-demand courses are currently unable to claim CPD points.
However, you may earn CPD points by attending select live CPD events or by completing select CPD Interactive modules.