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How do I get a domestic violence protection order?

General information about applying for a domestic violence protection order.

Responding to a domestic violence order application

General information about your legal options if someone has applied for a domestic violence protection order against you.

Need help to sort out a family law problem? Ask Legal Aid Queensland

General information about how to get help to sort out a family law problem.

Having trouble dividing your property after a separation or divorce?

General information to help you divide your property after a separation or divorce.

Child protection and the Childrens Court

General information about child protection matters and the Childrens Court.

What to expect when you go to the Childrens Court

General information about what happens when you go to the Childrens Court

Do you have questions about a social assessment report?

General information about social assessment reports.

Is a family report being prepared for your family law matter?

General information about what a family report being prepared during a family dispute resolution process.

Having your say in the Childrens Court for young people in care

General information about having your say in the Childrens Court for young people in care

What is a separate representative?

Roles and responsibilities of a separate representative during the family dispute resolution process.

Organising child support and care arrangement for your children

General information about child support and care arrangements for children.

Child support, Family Tax Benefit and your child care levels

General information about Child Support, the Family Tax benefit and childcare.

Do you have a grandchild in your care?

General information about your rights and responsibilities when caring for a child if you are their grandparent.

What are your rights while in care?

General information about your rights and responsibilities when you are in someone else's care.

What happens when your parents go to court?

General information to help you understand what happens when your parents go to court.

Deciding whether you should help with supervision?

General information to help you decide whether you should help with supervision.

What is an Independent Children's Lawyer? (ICL)

General information about the role of the Independent Children's Lawyer (ICL).

Are you in prison and need legal help?

General information about what legal help is available if you are in prison.

How do I recover unpaid child support?

Collecting and enforcing child support Information for receiving parents

Need help getting an insurance claim paid?

Information to help you with general insurance claims.

Bushfires and insurance claims

General information about bushfires and making an insurance claim.

The Farm and Rural Legal Service

General information about our Farm and Rural Legal Service.

Need help with your money and debt problems?

General information about what help is available if you have money and debt problems.

Can I get legal aid?

General information about eligibility requirements for legal aid.

Means test: special circumstances guidelines

General information about means testing for legal aid and guidelines for special circumstances.

Need legal help? Ask Legal Aid Queensland

General information about getting help with your legal problem.

Need legal help? Ask Legal Aid Queensland—Indigenous Queenslanders

General information for Indigenous Queenslanders about getting help for your legal problem.

Representing yourself at your domestic and family violence application hearing

This factsheet will help you prepare for your domestic violence application hearing.

Bringing a support person to a family dispute resolution conference. What you need to know.

If you’re participating in a family dispute resolution conference you might want to bring a family member, friend or colleague with you to support you through the conference process.

Have you received a debt notice from Centrelink?

Information about your right to appeal Centrelink's decision to raise a debt.

Applying for a Centrelink payment while you look for work

Separation certificates and waiting periods

Completing an affidavit (aggrieved)

Preparing your evidence for a domestic and family violence hearing

Completing an affidavit (respondents)

Preparing your evidence for a domestic and family violence hearing

My discrimination complaint is going to conciliation

My discrimination complaint is going to conciliation.

My discrimination complaint was not resolved. What happens next?

Going to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal or the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission

Protecting sexual assault counselling records

Counselling Notes Protect

Your family law property conference

Everything you need to know about how conferences work under our lawyer-assisted mediation pilot

Arb Lite – Family law property arbitration pilot

Everything you need to know about how the Arb Lite arbitration program works under our lawyer-assisted mediation pilot

Parenting arrangements and public health guidelines — what COVID-19 means for you and your children

This factsheet will help parents work through what publichealth guidelines around COVID-19 mean for their childrenand parenting arrangements.

Ailan Kastom child rearing practice in Torres Strait Islander families

Torres Strait Islander families have traditional adoption andchild raising practices called Ailan Kastom child rearing practice. Under Ailan Kastom child rearing practice, a child’s biological (birth) parents may agree for another couple (the cultural parents) within their extended family to permanently raise their biological child as the cultural parents’ own.

Can I be involved in a child protection court case if I'm not the child's parent or guardian?

General information about being involved in a child protection court case if you're not the parent or guardian