When is the deadline for file the respondent's genuine steps statement?
The catalogue records a 28 days period from Service of the applicant's originating application. 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 applicant's originating application
- 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 (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2025 r 8.16(1). Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2025, authorised version F2025L00913 registered 11 August 2025 and checked in force on 6 August 2026.
- The obligation applies only if the applicant filed a genuine steps statement.