Creation of Courts
The Family Law Act created the Family Court of Australia, with equal status to the Federal Court of Australia, as a court of record and with both original and appellate jurisdiction. Appeals from the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia (the appellate jurisdiction) are to the High Court of Australia.
In 2000, in a somewhat controversial move, the Australian government created the Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia as a second court to handle matters under the Family Law Act. Appeals from the Federal Magistrates' Court are to the Family Court of Australia, but its decisions are not considered inferior to the Family Court.
Western Australia has continued to refer its family law matters to the Family Court of Western Australia by virtue of the Family Court Act 1997 (WA).
Read more about this topic: Family Law Act 1975
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