NCJ Number
141300
Date Published
1992
Length
88 pages
Annotation
This report presents court statistics pertinent to the implementation of Victoria's Family Law Act (Australia).
Abstract
Statistics cover court operations from January 7, 1991 to June 30, 1992. Tables in Section 1 of the report present elapsed times between the date of filing of the application and the final hearing date where a final or an interim order was made. Tables in Section 2 address hearing disposition/adjournment by applicant, appearance type at hearing by disposition type by applicant, applicant by type of order sought, interim and final orders by type of order sought by hearing disposition, and type of final and interim order sought by hearing type for dispositions. Section 3 presents data on interim and final maintenance orders sought by applicant for cases disposed, interim and final child care orders sought by applicant for cases disposed, parentage (DNA) testing by disposition type by applicant, application for injunction under the Family Law Act by applicant, rearrangement of property rights under the Family Law Act, and written agreements under the Family Law Act by disposition type by applicant. Section 4 contains data on warrant for enforcement of custody and access orders, enforcement orders under S.112AD (sanctions for failure to comply with orders), and enforcement orders for arrears of maintenance. Data on maintenance payments received are presented in Section 3. Tables in Section 6 pertain to child support hearings in the magistrates' court. They show elapsed times between date of filing of application and final hearing date, type of hearing by disposition/adjournment, and appearance type by type of order. A child support hearings coding form is provided.