As 2025 gets underway and we look to set our goals for the coming year, it’s good time to reflect on the previous year to see if it provides any indicators of what might lie ahead.

A party in a family law dispute may make an offer to another party to settle all or part of a case at any time before the Court makes an order disposing of the case. This may occur before, or in the absence of, formal court proceedings between the parties.

On 1 September 2021, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia officially became the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA).