What documents a divorce court actually asks for
The working list, the items people always leave out, and why an unsigned photocopy of a salary slip causes more delay than it saves.
ReadGuides & procedure notes
Written to be read before you need an advocate
These notes explain procedure. They are general information about how the law works, not advice on any particular set of facts, and they do not create an advocate–client relationship.
The affidavit of assets and liabilities
Compulsory for both sides in every maintenance case since 2020. What goes into it, and what happens when the numbers do not match the tax return.
ReadOld section, new section
A conversion table for matrimonial provisions after 1 July 2024. 498A, 304B, 125, 438 and 482 all have new numbers; the civil statutes do not.
ReadOn using anything you read here
Family law turns on facts. Two marriages that look identical in summary can require opposite advice once the dates, the documents and the pending proceedings are known. Nothing on these pages accounts for your facts, and none of it should be acted on without advice from an advocate who has seen your papers.
Statutory provisions and judicial positions also change. Where a case or a provision is named here, read it as it currently stands rather than as it is described.