When is the deadline for file a notice of contention?
The catalogue records a 28 days period from Service of the Notice of Appeal. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
Source guide
This procedure has a variable, discretionary or order-dependent boundary. This page explains the recorded trigger and period, but does not invent an automated date.
Example pending review
A separately reviewed fixture is required before this question can become indexable. The page does not present an unreviewed output as an example.
Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 28 days
- Trigger
- Service of the Notice of Appeal
- Counting
- The encoded calculator method must be independently documented before publication.
- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
Open recorded source. FCFCOA (Family Law) Rules 2021 r 13.08(2). Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021, Compilation No. 4 dated 10 June 2025, rectified authorised version F2025C00594 registered 1 August 2025 and checked in force on 6 August 2026.
- The Court may extend or shorten time under rule 15.06.