This information is for all parties to applications for parenting orders, property settlement and injunctions.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Information Sessions are no longer held at the Family Court.
See "Ceasing of Information Sessions - PD 1 of 2011" from the downloads block on the righthand side of this page.
Some Community Legal Centres present information sessions at their centres. You should make contact with your local centre or Family Relationship Centre to find out what services they provide.
What information is in the PowerPoints?
The PowerPoint presentations below contain information about:
- What forms to file
- What happens in Court
- Stages of the Court process
- Parenting and property settlement orders
- The role of the Counselling and Consultancy Service
- Using the services of a lawyer and the costs involved
- Other mediation services available
- How to reach agreement
- Effects of separation on children and adults
If you do not have Microsoft Powerpoint on your computer, you can view the PDF version of the presentation. The PDF version may also be more suitable for printing.
Consider the Children - Video
This 12 minute video shows the impact on children when their parents separate.
The video is from a DVD produced for the Department of Family and Community Services for use by Family Courts and related agencies. The original DVD was funded by the Australian Government, the Attorney General's Department and the Department of Family and Community Services.
Information sessions at other venues
| Name | Telephone | Comment |
| Albany Community Legal Centre, Albany | 08 9842 8566 | Provides information sessions (Property and/or Children) on Monday afternoons but will accommodate clients on other days, if necessary. The sessions run on a fortnightly basis. |
| Bunbury Community Legal Centre, Bunbury | 08 9791 3206 | Does not currently provide information sessions but may do so again in the future. |
| Fremantle Community Legal Centre, Fremantle | 08 9432 9790 | Does not provide information sessions. |
| Geraldton Resource Centre, Geraldton | 08 9938 0600 | No longer provides information sessions as they are now conducted by the Family Relationships Centre in Geraldton. |
| Goldfields Community Legal Centre, Kalgoorlie | 08 9021 1888 | Does not provide information sessions in Kalgoorlie. |
| Gosnells Community Legal Centre, Gosnells | 08 9398 1455 | Does not provide information sessions. |
| Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre, Mirrabooka and Joondalup | 08 9440 1663 | Neither Mirrabooka nor Joondalup Offices provide information sessions. |
| Peel Community Legal Service, Mandurah | 08 9581 4511 | Provides information sessions for children’s matters only. These are run on a fortnightly basis. |
| SCALES Community Legal Centre, Rockingham | 08 9550 0400 | Provides information sessions on a fortnightly basis on a Tuesday or Thursday but sometimes stop these sessions during semester breaks. |
| Sussex Street Community Law Service, East Vic Park | 08 6253 9500 | Does not provide information sessions. |
| Women's Law Centre of WA Inc | 08 9272 8800 | Does not provide information sessions. |
* Please note – availability changes so you should check with each centre.
For more detailed contact information about Community Legal Centres click this link: http://www.communitylaw.net/CLC-Directory/