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Draft of new Family Justice Courts Practice Directions
NOTE: This has been updated by the "New Family Justice Rules to take effect on 15 October 2024" announcement dated 16 September 2024.
1. Further to the earlier announcement on 18 January 2024 providing a sample set of court forms, the new Family Justice Courts Practice Directions (“FJCPD”) in draft version is now attached for interim reference.
(a) Draft FJCPD Parts 1 to 25 and 27
(b) Draft FJCPD Appendix A Volume 1
(c) Draft FJCPD Appendix A Volume 2
(d) Draft FJCPD Appendixes B to E
2. The draft FJCPD contains the PD requirements and court forms for all proceedings heard in FJC. This includes:
(a) proceedings under the Family Justice (General) Rules (“FJ(G)R”);
(b) proceedings under the Family Justice (Probate and Other Matters) Rules; and
(c) proceedings under the Family Justice (Protection from Harassment) Rules.
3. With the primary objective of helping court users navigate between the Rules, FJCPD paragraphs and court forms easily, FJC adopted a different approach when drafting the new FJCPD. Beyond the changes to the contents, the key changes to the new FJCPD include:
(a) reorganisation of the PD requirements to follow the general structure of the FJ(G)R;
(b) grouping court forms in appendixes according to the proceedings to which the forms apply;
(c) providing a Table of Forms (in Part 27) which serves as a content page to give a quick overview of the forms; and
(d) including a list of applicable forms where the particular type of proceedings uses forms from other rules (e.g. Rules of Court 2021).
4. Please note that the draft is subject to the new Family Justice Rules that will be gazetted later in 2024 and to further amendments. The final FJCPD will be published in due course.
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Change in jurisdiction
2024/09/24
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