Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) A respondent to an application who seeks to do any of the following must file a response in accordance with the approved form:
(a) indicate consent to an order sought by the applicant;
(b) ask the court to make another order;
(c) ask the court to dismiss the application;
(d) seek orders in a matter other than the matter set out in the application.
(2) A response must be filed and served within 28 days after service of the application to which it relates.
Note 1: Rule 2.04 requires a Notice of Child Abuse, Family Violence or Risk to be filed with a response in a parenting proceeding.
Note 2: If a response seeks a parenting order or any other order under Part VII of the Family Law Act in relation to a child, rule 2.10 requires the respondent to file a copy of any family violence order affecting the child or a member of the child's family that has not already been filed in the proceeding.
Note 3: The consequences for a failure to comply with this rule can include orders as to costs (see rule 1.33(2)(d)).
(3) A Response to an Initiating Application (Family Law) must not include a request for any of the following orders:
(a) a divorce order;
(b) an order that a marriage be annulled;
(c) a declaration as to validity of a marriage, divorce or annulment;
(d) an order under rule 1.11 authorising a medical procedure.