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Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.rytz.com.au/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

The Forms Library covers 40 distinct Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) forms. They sit in three maturity tiers based on what level of platform support is currently available.

Tier 1 — Gold Standard (10 forms)

Full interactive desktop builder with AI prompts, validation, and court-form-compliant PDF output. The platform walks you through the form field by field. Pre-populates from your Master Case File. Cross-references your Evidence Portfolio. Validates as you go. Use these when you can. The fastest path from blank page to filed form.
FormRouteStage
Form 11 — Notice of Risk (Parenting)/forms/form-11-desktop-universalApplication
Initiating Application/forms/initiating-application-desktopApplication
Financial Statement/forms/financial-statement-desktopApplication
Application in Proceeding/forms/application-in-proceeding-desktopInterim
Contravention Application/forms/contravention-application-desktopPost-orders
Response to Divorce/forms/response-to-divorce-desktopDivorce
Affidavit of Service/forms/affidavit-of-service-desktopThroughout
Genuine Steps Certificate/forms/genuine-steps-desktopPre-action
Reply/forms/reply-desktopApplication
Notice of Appeal/forms/notice-appeal-desktopPost-final
Fee Exemption/forms/fee-exemption-desktopThroughout
Court filing fees are gazetted annually and increase each 1 July. Always check the FCFCOA family-law fees page for the current fee before filing. Reduced or waived fees are available for parties on Centrelink concession cards or in financial hardship — see the Fee Exemption form for details.

Conversational variant — Form 11

Form 11 has an additional conversational Q&A interview at /form-11-conversational that can replace the desktop builder for users who prefer chat. The output is the same court-form-compliant PDF.

Tier 2 — Phase 1 complete (1 form)

Substantial interactive build but not yet at full Gold Standard quality. Functional today; refinement ongoing.
FormRouteStatus
Initiating Application/forms/initiating-application-desktop(also lives in Tier 1; the Initiating Application interactive form crosses both tiers — Gold Standard for parenting matters, Phase 1 for property-only matters)
The platform-internal distinction here is that the parenting-matter version is fully Gold Standard while the property-only version is at 85% — usable, but with refinement still pending around the post-10-June-2025 property amendments (codified four-step framework, family-violence considerations, companion animals).

Tier 3 — Educational overview only (28 forms)

Educational page explaining the form’s purpose, when you’d file it, the key sections, common pitfalls, and the cost. No interactive build flow yet. If you need one of these forms today: read the platform’s overview page for context, download the form from the FCFCOA website, fill manually (or with a lawyer), and refer back to the overview while you fill.

Application + interim forms

FormOverview routePurpose
Response to Initiating Application/forms/response-to-initiating-application-overviewAnswer to an Initiating Application served on you
Response to Application in Proceeding/forms/response-to-application-in-proceeding-overviewAnswer to an interim application served on you
Application in Appeal/forms/application-in-appeal-overviewApplication within an appeal proceeding

Affidavit forms

FormOverview routePurpose
Affidavit (Family Law)/forms/affidavit-family-law-overviewGeneral-purpose affidavit form
Affidavit (FDR Exemption)/forms/affidavit-fdr-exemption-overviewSworn statement that an FDR exemption applies
Affidavit (Family Law Child Support)/forms/affidavit-family-law-child-supportChild-support-specific affidavit
Affidavit Non-Filing FDR/forms/affidavit-non-filing-family-dispute-resolutionAffidavit for matters that did not go to FDR
FormOverview routePurpose
Consent Orders/forms/consent-orders-overviewConvert an agreed parenting plan or property settlement into court orders
Financial Questionnaire/forms/financial-questionnaire-overviewDetailed questionnaire on financial position
Balance Sheet/forms/balance-sheet-overviewAsset/liability summary for property matters
Superannuation Kit/forms/superannuation-kit-overviewForms required for super-splitting orders
FormOverview routePurpose
Parenting Questionnaire/forms/parenting-questionnaire-overviewDetailed questionnaire on parenting arrangements
Enforcement Application/forms/enforcement-application-overviewEnforce existing parenting or financial orders
Contempt Application/forms/contempt-application-overviewAllege contempt of court (high threshold; rare)

Divorce forms

FormOverview routePurpose
Divorce Application/forms/divorce-application-overviewApplication for divorce
Acknowledgment of Service/forms/acknowledgment-of-service-overviewOther party’s acknowledgment that they have been served

Outline of case (hearing materials)

FormOverview routePurpose
Outline Case (Final)/forms/outline-case-final-overviewOutline document filed before final hearing
Outline Case (Interim)/forms/outline-case-interim-overviewOutline document filed before interim hearing

Service + procedural

FormOverview routePurpose
Notice of Discontinuance/forms/notice-discontinuance-overviewDiscontinue proceedings
Notice Address for Service/forms/notice-address-service-overviewUpdate address for service of documents
Certificate Dispute Resolution/forms/certificate-dispute-resolution-overviews60I certificate from FDR practitioner
Service Kit/forms/service-kit-overviewForms required for serving documents

Fee waivers

FormOverview routePurpose
Fee Deferral/forms/fee-deferral-overviewApply to defer payment of court fees

Why some forms are Gold Standard and others aren’t

A practical question: why aren’t all 40 forms at Gold Standard quality? Two reasons:
  1. Volume. The 10 Gold Standard forms cover ~80% of the form-filing volume in self-represented family-law matters. Building interactive flows is high-effort work; concentrating on the most-trafficked forms has highest leverage.
  2. Stability. Some forms are more stable than others — Form 11 hasn’t changed materially in years. Others are subject to ongoing legislative or rule changes (notably the property forms post-10-June-2025 amendments). Forms in the Overview tier include several that are pending re-build to reflect the 2025 amendments.
The roadmap is to move Tier 3 forms to Tier 1 over time. See What’s new for changelog updates.
For Tier 3 forms, RYTZ’s AI assistant remains useful. Even without an interactive builder, you can ask the AI things like “what does paragraph 7 of the Acknowledgment of Service form mean?” or “what should I put in box 4 of the Financial Questionnaire?” and it will reason from your matter’s context.

What’s next

Forms overview

Step back to the framing — what the Forms Library is and how to use it.

Affidavit overview

Most forms require a supporting affidavit; the affidavit toolkit drafts those.

Case Roadmap

The FCFCOA stages — each stage identifies the forms typically filed.

Use the AI assistant

Form-specific questions answered with reference to your matter.