Family law in the Northern Territory
How separation, divorce, parenting orders and property settlement work in the Northern Territory, including the Darwin registry and Alice Springs circuit of the Federal Circuit and Family Court, NT domestic violence orders and free help from Legal Aid NT.
Checked against official sources on 8 Nov 2026. General information, not legal advice. No lawyer or solicitor has reviewed this page.
Overview
Territorians who separate use the national family law system. The Family Law Act 1975 governs divorce, arrangements for children, property settlement and spousal maintenance, and Northern Territory cases are heard by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. The court's only Territory registry is in Darwin, and it also sits on circuit in Alice Springs. The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory also has jurisdiction in some children's matters under the Family Law Act.
Because the Northern Territory is a territory rather than a state, the Commonwealth did not need a referral of powers to legislate for de facto financial matters, and the Family Law Act treats every territory as a participating jurisdiction. Its de facto provisions apply to Territory couples whose relationship broke down after they began on 1 March 2009, so the same property, maintenance and superannuation splitting rules apply as for married couples, provided the relationship meets the Act's eligibility tests. The De Facto Relationships Act 1991 (NT) can still matter for relationships that ended before then, with applications made to the Supreme Court or the Local Court.
Protection from domestic and family violence is Territory law. Domestic violence orders are made under the Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 (NT): police can make an order where it is necessary for someone's safety because the circumstances are urgent or a court order cannot practicably be obtained, and the Local Court can confirm, vary or revoke a police order or make its own order. Domestic violence orders and parenting orders must be read together, and a Territory court making or varying a domestic violence order can also vary or suspend the parts of a parenting order that let a person spend time with a child. Distance, remote communities and the need for interpreters shape how family law works in the Northern Territory. This page is general information for Territorians, not legal advice.
Who this is for
- You have separated in Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine, Alice Springs or a remote community
- You want to apply for a divorce and are unsure how the Darwin registry works
- You lived with a partner in the Territory without marrying and want a property settlement
- You have a domestic violence order and parenting orders that appear to conflict
- You need an interpreter or culturally safe support to take part in a family law case
- You want to know whether Legal Aid NT or an Aboriginal legal service can help you
- Your former partner wants to move interstate with the children
- You have reached agreement and need consent orders drafted for a Territory property transfer
LegislationShowHide
- Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 (NT) (NT)
The Territory's domestic and family violence law. It provides for domestic violence orders made by police and by the Local Court, sets out the conduct that counts as domestic violence, including economic abuse and coercive control, and makes contravening an order a criminal offence (section 120).
- De Facto Relationships Act 1991 (NT) (NT)
The older Territory scheme for adjusting property and ordering maintenance between de facto partners, with applications to the Supreme Court or the Local Court. It still matters for relationships that ended before the federal de facto provisions began on 1 March 2009. Property applications under it generally have to be made within 2 years after the relationship ended (section 14).
- Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 (NT) (NT)
The Territory child protection law, administered by the Department of Children and Families. Where the Department is involved with a family, care and protection proceedings can run alongside or instead of a family law parenting case.
- Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (CTH)
The national Act applied in the Northern Territory for divorce, parenting orders, property settlement, superannuation splitting and spousal maintenance, including the parenting changes from 6 May 2024 and the property changes from 10 June 2025.
- Family Law Amendment Act 2023 (Cth) (CTH)
From 6 May 2024 removed the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility, introduced a shorter list of factors for deciding what arrangements are in a child's interests, made an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child's right to enjoy their culture a standalone factor, and expanded 'relative' and 'member of the family' to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander concepts of family.
- Family Law Amendment Act 2024 (Cth) (CTH)
Became law on 10 December 2024. Most of its changes started on 10 June 2025, including requiring the court to consider the effect of family violence in property cases, expressly including economic or financial abuse in the definition of family violence, a framework for companion animals and moving the duty of financial disclosure into the Act.
- Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021 (Cth) (CTH)
The procedural rules for Northern Territory family law cases, including the pre-action procedures in Schedule 1 and the rules about forms, service and subpoenas.
Courts and tribunalsShowHide
- Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Darwin registry
The court's only Territory registry, on the ground floor of the Supreme Court Building, 5 Smith Street, Darwin (phone 1300 352 000). It deals with divorce, parenting, property and other family law matters, and cases to be heard in Alice Springs are filed through the Commonwealth Courts Portal or at this registry.
- Federal Circuit and Family Court - Alice Springs circuit
The court sits on circuit at the Local Court Building, 10 Parsons Street, Alice Springs. It is a circuit location only, so documents cannot be filed there, and the circuit court list is published online.
- Northern Territory domestic violence orders
Territory Government guidance on domestic violence orders: police can make an order without going to court, or you can apply in writing to the Local Court, and it is free to apply.
- Legal Aid NT
Runs the free Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343, offers one free session with a lawyer for most legal problems, provides a family law duty lawyer on court duty days in Darwin and Alice Springs, runs lawyer-assisted family dispute resolution about children and property, and gives ongoing representation under a grant of legal aid.
- Law Society Northern Territory
Regulates the Territory legal profession and coordinates a First Interview Scheme under which participating firms offer a 30-minute first consultation for $99 including GST.
- Commonwealth Courts Portal
Where Northern Territory parties eFile applications and check their court events and orders, including divorce hearing details.
ProcessShowHide
01Deal with safety and get help early
If there is domestic or family violence, call police on 000 in an emergency. Police can make a domestic violence order, or you can apply to the Local Court. Contact the Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343 or an Aboriginal legal service, and note your date of separation.
Typical timeframe: As soon as possible
02Family dispute resolution
Attend family dispute resolution with a registered practitioner, for example at a Family Relationship Centre, through Legal Aid NT family law conferencing or with a private practitioner, and obtain a section 60I certificate for parenting matters unless an exemption applies, such as urgency, family violence or child abuse, or being unable to take part effectively, for example because you are physically remote from a provider. Ask about interpreters and culturally safe options.
Typical timeframe: Before you file; Legal Aid NT conferences can start from six weeks after separation
03Record any agreement
Put parenting arrangements in a parenting plan, which is not enforceable like a court order, or file an Application for Consent Orders so that parenting and financial terms become court orders. A registrar considers the application, and you do not need to attend unless the registrar asks you to.
Typical timeframe: Varies; usually no court attendance
04File in the Darwin registry
eFile an Initiating Application through the Commonwealth Courts Portal with your affidavit, a Notice of Risk for parenting matters and a section 60I certificate or an affidavit seeking an exemption. Parenting applications filed in the Darwin registry are risk-screened through the court's Lighthouse process.
Typical timeframe: When you are ready to file
05First court event before a registrar
A registrar holds a directions hearing, checks whether the pre-action steps were followed, identifies the issues, considers whether an interim hearing is needed and makes orders to prepare the case for dispute resolution. Unless the matter is urgent, any interim hearing is listed after this event. You can ask the court for permission to attend by video or telephone.
Typical timeframe: Court aims for 1-2 months after filing
06Subpoenas, reports and dispute resolution
Subpoenas or information sharing orders can bring in records from NT Police, schools, clinics and the Department of Children and Families, a psychologist or social worker from the Court Children's Service may prepare a Child Impact Report, and a conciliation conference, court family dispute resolution conference or Legal Aid NT conference is held.
Typical timeframe: Dispute resolution usually within 5 months of filing
07Compliance and readiness hearing, then trial
If the case does not settle, a judge holds a Compliance and Readiness Hearing to check that disclosure and trial documents are complete, and the matter is then listed for a final hearing before a judge, in Darwin or on circuit in Alice Springs.
Typical timeframe: Readiness hearing about 6 months after filing; court aims for a final hearing within 12 months
Parties
Applicant
The person who files the divorce, parenting or financial application with the court, through the Commonwealth Courts Portal or the Darwin registry.
Respondent
The former spouse or de facto partner who responds to the application.
Independent Children's Lawyer
A lawyer the court can appoint to represent the child's interests, for example where there are allegations of abuse or family violence or a high level of conflict. ICLs are often funded through legal aid, but this is not a free service and the court can order the parties to contribute to the cost.
Family consultant
A psychologist or social worker from the court's Court Children's Service, or a panel family consultant, who meets the family and prepares a Child Impact Report or Family Report when a registrar or judge orders it.
Protected person and respondent in domestic violence order proceedings
The terms the Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 (NT) uses for the person protected by a domestic violence order and the person the order is sought or made against.
Chief Executive Officer, Department of Children and Families
Heads the Northern Territory agency responsible for child protection, which may be subpoenaed, asked for information or joined where risk to a child is alleged.
Interpreter
An interpreter engaged so that a party or witness can take part in the proceedings in their first language. A certified interpreter is required where there will be cross-examination, except in exceptional circumstances.
Time limits
These are general time limits described in prose. This page does not calculate a deadline for your matter.
Applying for a divorce
You must have been separated for at least 12 months immediately before you file.
Source: Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), s 48(2)
Divorce hearing date
The court sets the hearing at least 42 days after filing if your spouse is in Australia, or at least 56 days after filing if they are overseas. A spouse in Australia who wants to oppose the divorce has 28 days after being served to file a response.
Source: Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Family Law Practice Direction - Divorce proceedings, paras 2.23 and 3.2
Property settlement or spousal maintenance after divorce
Within 12 months after the divorce order takes effect, unless both of you consent or the court grants leave.
Source: Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), s 44(3)
De facto property or maintenance
Within two years after the end of the de facto relationship, unless both of you consent or the court grants leave.
Source: Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), s 44(5) and (6)
Section 60I certificate
Valid for 12 months.
Source: Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Compulsory pre-filing Family Dispute Resolution
Relationships that ended before 1 March 2009
The federal de facto provisions apply where the relationship broke down after 1 March 2009, although some earlier separations may still come within them. Otherwise the De Facto Relationships Act 1991 (NT) may apply: property applications under it are due within 2 years after the relationship ended, or later only with the court's leave, and the relationship usually must have lasted at least 2 years.
Source: Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, De facto relationships; De Facto Relationships Act 1991 (NT), ss 14 and 16
Contravention applications
First listed before a contravention registrar as near as practicable to 14 days after filing, in the National Contravention List.
Source: Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, National Contravention List
Costs and helpShowHide
Family law court fees in the Northern Territory are Commonwealth fees set by the Family Law (Fees) Regulations 2022 and increased each 1 July. From 1 July 2026 an application for divorce is $1,170, or $390 at the reduced rate. The reduced rate is available to primary holders of a government concession card, people granted legal aid, people receiving Youth Allowance, Austudy or ABSTUDY, people under 18 and people in prison or detention, or where paying the full fee would cause financial hardship; on a joint application both of you must qualify. An Application for Consent Orders is $215, an Initiating Application for parenting or financial final orders alone is $455, an interim order application is $155, issuing a subpoena is $70 and a conciliation conference is $510. It is free to apply for a domestic violence order in the Territory. Each party usually pays their own legal costs, although the court can order otherwise. The Law Society Northern Territory's First Interview Scheme offers a 30-minute first consultation with a participating firm for $99 including GST.
Runs the free Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343, Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 4.30pm (speakers of other languages can call through TIS on 13 14 50). It offers one free session with a lawyer for most legal problems, by phone if you live in a remote area, provides a family law duty lawyer on Federal Circuit and Family Court duty list days in Darwin and Alice Springs, runs lawyer-assisted family law conferencing about children and property, and grants legal aid to eligible Territorians. For property-only disputes it generally funds conferencing rather than a court case.
- Legal Aid NT services
An overview of the Helpline, free sessions with a lawyer, duty lawyers, representation, family dispute resolution and community legal education services across the Territory.
- Northern Territory Government - domestic violence orders
Territory Government information on domestic violence orders, including who can apply, police orders, applying to the Local Court and the types of conditions an order can include.
- Law Society Northern Territory First Interview Scheme
Participating Territory firms, listed by area of law, offer a 30-minute first consultation for $99 including GST. You book directly with the firm; the Society does not make the appointment.
- Family Relationships Online
Find Northern Territory dispute resolution, counselling and parenting programs, or call the national family relationships phone line on 1800 050 321.
- Aboriginal Interpreter Service
Northern Territory Government service providing face-to-face, telephone and video interpreting in most widely spoken Aboriginal languages of the Territory. Organisations such as legal services book interpreters, subject to availability.
Where to get help
- Legal Aid NT
Free Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343, free sessions with a lawyer, family law duty lawyers in Darwin and Alice Springs, family dispute resolution and grants of legal aid for eligible Territorians.
- Legal Aid NT services
Details of the Helpline, duty lawyer, representation, family dispute resolution and community legal education services across the Northern Territory.
- Northern Territory Government - domestic violence orders
How to apply for a domestic violence order in the Territory, including police orders and free applications to the Local Court.
- Law Society Northern Territory
Find a Territory law firm and use the First Interview Scheme for a 30-minute first consultation for $99 including GST.
- Family Relationships Online
Find Territory dispute resolution, counselling and parenting programs, or call the national family relationships phone line on 1800 050 321.
- 1800RESPECT
National 24-hour counselling and support line on 1800 737 732 for people affected by domestic, family or sexual violence.
Practical guidanceShowHide
How does distance change a family law case in the Northern Territory?
The Territory covers a vast area with one Federal Circuit and Family Court registry, in Darwin, and a circuit to Alice Springs, where documents cannot be filed. Filing is electronic through the Commonwealth Courts Portal, divorce hearings are held electronically, and for other hearings you can ask the court for permission to attend by video or telephone. That matters for families in Katherine, Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy, the Tiwi Islands, the Barkly and remote communities. Plan for practical realities that would not arise elsewhere: seasonal road closures during the wet, the cost and availability of flights, phone and internet coverage, and the need to coordinate around cultural obligations and sorry business. Raise these at the first court event so that listings, deadlines and service arrangements can be set realistically. If you cannot take part effectively in family dispute resolution, for example because you are physically remote from a provider, you can ask for an exemption from the certificate requirement in a parenting case. Legal Aid NT offers free sessions with a lawyer by phone to people in remote areas, and its family law duty lawyer attends Federal Circuit and Family Court duty list days in Darwin and Alice Springs, usually every second Wednesday; call its family law team on 08 8999 3000 on the day.
How do Territory domestic violence orders and parenting orders work together?
Domestic violence orders in the Northern Territory are made under the Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 (NT). A police officer can make a police order where it is necessary for someone's safety because the circumstances are urgent or a court order cannot practicably be obtained, and the copy given to the respondent acts as a summons to a Local Court hearing where the order can be confirmed, with or without changes, or revoked. You can also apply to the Local Court yourself, and it is free. Conditions range from no violence to full non-contact, which can cut across a parenting order that lets a child spend time with a parent. Section 68R of the Family Law Act allows a Territory court making or varying a domestic violence order to revive, vary, discharge or suspend the parts of a parenting order that provide for a child to spend time with a person, although it cannot discharge them at an interim hearing. The court can do this on its own initiative or when someone asks, so it helps to raise it and bring a copy of the parenting orders to the hearing. In family law proceedings you must tell the court about any family violence order involving you or your children, and file a Notice of Risk with a parenting application. Breaching a Territory domestic violence order is a criminal offence. If a parenting order made later provides for a child to spend time with a person and is inconsistent with an existing domestic violence order, the Family Law Act makes the domestic violence order invalid to the extent of the inconsistency (section 68Q), and the court must say so in its orders and explain how the contact is to happen (section 68P). Whether two orders really conflict is not always clear, so get legal help before relying on a parenting order to do something a domestic violence order appears to forbid.
What does the law say about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children?
Many Territory families are Aboriginal, and the Family Law Act gives Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture specific weight. When deciding what parenting arrangements suit an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child, the court must consider the child's right to enjoy their culture, by having the support, opportunity and encouragement to connect with family, community, culture, country and language, to explore that culture and to develop a positive appreciation of it, and the likely impact of any proposed order on that right. Since 6 May 2024 this has been a standalone factor in section 60CC(3), and the definitions of 'relative' and 'member of the family' now include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander concepts of family, including kinship systems. In practice, that means orders can deal with concrete things: travel between communities, time with grandparents and extended kin, attendance at ceremony and cultural events, school terms and who can make decisions when a parent is unavailable. Tell your lawyer or the family consultant about kinship arrangements early, because they may not be obvious from documents.
How do you get an interpreter or culturally safe support?
If you have difficulty with English, ask about an interpreter as early as possible. Under the Federal Circuit and Family Court's interpreter policy you generally need to arrange the interpreter you or your witnesses need, but if you cannot afford one the court may be able to arrange one for you; call 1300 352 000 at least two weeks before the hearing. A certified interpreter is required where there will be cross-examination, except in exceptional circumstances. The Northern Territory Government's Aboriginal Interpreter Service provides face-to-face, telephone and video interpreting in most widely spoken Aboriginal languages of the Territory, and organisations such as legal services can book it, subject to availability, so ask your lawyer or Legal Aid NT to request one. Interviews for a Child Impact Report can take up to 90 minutes when an interpreter is used, so allow extra time. Tell your lawyer, the court or the dispute resolution service early if you need a support person or other culturally safe arrangements. If you are appearing by telephone or video from a community, ask about a suitable room and a reliable connection. Getting these arrangements right early helps avoid adjournments.
How do you approach a property settlement in the Territory?
Prepare a balance sheet listing every asset, liability and superannuation interest in either name or held jointly, with values and the documents behind them. In the Territory that usually means a market appraisal or valuation for real property, current mortgage and credit statements, superannuation member statements, and financial statements for any business or trust. Some Territory circumstances need particular care: rented housing, including public housing and most remote community housing, is not owned by either of you, so it is not an asset to divide; remote area allowances and fly-in fly-out income patterns can be relevant to each person's future circumstances; and vehicles and plant can be significant assets. Since 10 June 2025 the court must consider the effect of any family violence by one party on the other party's ability to make contributions and on that other party's current and future circumstances, and economic or financial abuse is expressly included in the definition of family violence. Legal Aid NT runs lawyer-assisted family law conferencing for property matters, which can be a practical alternative to going to court, and for property-only disputes it generally funds conferencing rather than a court case.
What should you do if the other parent wants to move interstate?
Many Territory families have connections in other states, so relocation disputes can arise. The test is the same as for any parenting decision: what is in the child's interests. Since 6 May 2024 the court must consider what arrangements would keep the child and each carer safe, and the benefit to the child of a relationship with each parent and other people significant to them where it is safe, alongside the reasons for the move, the practical cost and difficulty of travel from the Territory, and anything else relevant to the child. If parenting orders already fix where the children live, moving without consent can be a contravention and may lead to a recovery order. If there are no orders and you cannot agree, you generally need to try family dispute resolution before applying for parenting orders, unless an exemption such as urgency applies. If you fear a child may be taken overseas, there are urgent options: the court can make orders limiting or preventing overseas travel and requiring passports to be delivered to the court, and a child covered by such an order, or by a pending application for one, can be placed on the Australian Federal Police Family Law Watchlist. The court's after-hours line, 1300 352 000, takes urgent family law applications where there is a real risk of a child being removed from Australia before the next working day.
Checklist
- Marriage certificate, or evidence of the de facto relationship such as tenancy records, joint accounts and photographs
- A written note of the date and circumstances of separation
- Any domestic violence order, police order or related police documents
- Section 60I certificate or an affidavit seeking an exemption
- Existing parenting plans, consent orders or court orders
- Three to five years of tax returns and notices of assessment
- Twelve months of statements for all bank accounts, loans and credit cards
- Superannuation member statements for every fund
- Title or lease details, rates notice, mortgage statement and appraisal for any Territory property
- Business or trust financial statements, and details of vehicles, plant and equipment
- Centrelink and child support statements
- A note of any interpreter, travel, seasonal access or cultural obligations the court needs to know about
Common questions
Where are Northern Territory family law cases heard?
The Federal Circuit and Family Court's Territory registry is in Darwin, in the Supreme Court Building at 5 Smith Street, and the court sits on circuit at the Local Court Building in Alice Springs, where documents cannot be filed. Court lists are published online. Applications are filed electronically through the Commonwealth Courts Portal, divorce hearings are held electronically, and you can ask to attend other hearings by video or telephone, which matters for families in Katherine, Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy and remote communities. The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory also has jurisdiction in some children's matters under the Family Law Act.
Do de facto couples in the Territory have the same rights as married couples?
Largely, yes. Because the Northern Territory is a territory rather than a state, the Family Law Act's de facto provisions apply without a referral of powers. If your relationship broke down after 1 March 2009, property, maintenance and superannuation splitting are decided under the same rules as for married couples, but you generally need to show that the relationship lasted at least two years, that there is a child, that you made substantial contributions and would suffer serious injustice without an order, or that the relationship was registered. The time limit is two years from the end of the relationship, unless both of you consent or the court grants leave.
Can I get an interpreter for my family law case?
Yes, but plan ahead. The Federal Circuit and Family Court generally expects you to arrange your own interpreter, although it may be able to arrange one if you cannot afford it; call 1300 352 000 at least two weeks before the hearing. A certified interpreter is needed where there will be cross-examination. The Aboriginal Interpreter Service covers most widely spoken Aboriginal languages in the Territory and can be booked by organisations such as legal services. You can reach the Legal Aid Helpline in your language through the Translating and Interpreting Service on 13 14 50.
How does the court take culture into account for Aboriginal children?
When deciding parenting arrangements for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child, the Family Law Act requires the court to consider the child's right to enjoy their culture, including connection with family, community, culture, country and language, and the likely impact of any proposed order on that right. Since 6 May 2024 this has been a standalone factor in section 60CC(3). Orders can deal with concrete arrangements such as travel between communities, time with extended kin, and attendance at ceremony and cultural events.
What can Legal Aid NT do for me?
Legal Aid NT runs a free Helpline on 1800 019 343, Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 4.30pm, and offers one free session with a lawyer for most legal problems, by phone if you live in a remote area. A family law duty lawyer attends Federal Circuit and Family Court duty list days in Darwin and Alice Springs. Legal Aid NT also runs lawyer-assisted family law conferencing for parenting and property disputes, and can provide ongoing representation if you are granted legal aid. For property-only disputes it generally funds conferencing rather than a court case. Call the Helpline to check eligibility.
Does a domestic violence order decide who the children live with?
No. A Territory domestic violence order restricts what the respondent may do and can protect children, but it does not decide parenting arrangements. If a domestic violence order and a parenting order conflict, section 68R of the Family Law Act lets a Territory court making or varying the domestic violence order revive, vary, discharge or suspend the parts of the parenting order about a child spending time with a person, although it cannot discharge them at an interim hearing. You can raise this at the hearing, and it helps to bring a copy of the parenting orders.
How long does a divorce take in the Northern Territory?
When you file, the court sets a hearing date at least 42 days after filing if your spouse is in Australia, or 56 days if they are overseas, and you can choose the next available date when you eFile. Hearings are held electronically before a registrar, and in most cases neither of you needs to attend unless you asked to attend, your spouse asks to attend where there are children under 18, your spouse opposes the application, or you need an order about service. If the divorce is granted, it becomes final one month and one day later. Things that can hold up a divorce include difficulty serving a sole application, not having a copy of your marriage certificate, or the extra evidence needed where you separated while still living in the same home.
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