I have an upcoming parenting order initial hearing on 31st March 2016 with the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, here in Melbourne. On the back page of the Initiating Application, it has an information sheet for the Respondent (I'm the Applicant). It includes a line that says that the Respondent must:
"If you do not want the Court to make the orders sought in this application or if you want the Court to make other orders, you must deliver a copy of the response, affidavit and other relevant documents to the applicant’s address for service within 14 days"
Court documents were served on the Respondent on 24th December 2015. It's almost a month later, and I haven't received anything in response. What happens now?
I'm assuming the Parenting Order isn't automatically ruled in my favour, simply because she didn't file a responding affidavit lol... as nice as that would be.... but what does it mean under Family Law, if anything, now that more time has passed and she hasn't done anything about it?
"If you do not want the Court to make the orders sought in this application or if you want the Court to make other orders, you must deliver a copy of the response, affidavit and other relevant documents to the applicant’s address for service within 14 days"
Court documents were served on the Respondent on 24th December 2015. It's almost a month later, and I haven't received anything in response. What happens now?
I'm assuming the Parenting Order isn't automatically ruled in my favour, simply because she didn't file a responding affidavit lol... as nice as that would be.... but what does it mean under Family Law, if anything, now that more time has passed and she hasn't done anything about it?
