---
title: "Disclosure index and update timetable for a family law case"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/disclosure-index-and-update-timetable"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a16-disclosure-index-and-update-timetable"
area_id: "A16"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A16-T1-R4", "A16-P20260916-1", "A16-P20260916-4"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Disclosure index and update timetable for a family law case

> An index of what has been given, what is still missing, and the dates on which disclosure must be updated, for a parenting or financial case in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/disclosure-index-and-update-timetable  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Family Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 3 authorities it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use from the pre-action stage until the case is finalised, and again whenever circumstances change or further documents come into a party's possession, power or control. It records the duty. It is not the Financial Statement, the undertaking, or an affidavit.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the financial statement and the disclosure index](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/prepare-the-financial-statement-and-the-disclosure-index.md)
- [Find missing financial disclosure documents](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/find-missing-financial-disclosure-documents.md)
- [Identify financial changes that need a disclosure update](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/identify-financial-changes-that-need-a-disclosure-update.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may sort the file into this index and flag a date that has passed; the lawyer decides what is relevant, what is a protected confidence, and what is actually given to the other party.

**AI may:**

- Build the index from documents already on the file and mark each item given, missing or withheld
- Calculate the 21-day date from a recorded change in financial circumstances
- List the brochure's examples of parenting documents so the lawyer can say which ones exist

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the disclosure undertaking, a Financial Statement, or any affidavit, including an affidavit of further particulars or a short updating affidavit
- Must not decide that a document is irrelevant, privileged, or a protected confidence
- Must not send the index, or any document on it, to the other party

**The lawyer checks:**

- The index covers total direct and indirect financial circumstances, including interests held through another person or an entity, where the case is financial or property
- Disposals in the year before separation and since final separation are asked about, where they may affect a claim
- A change after the Financial Statement is filed is diarised for an amended Financial Statement, or for the short affidavit the Rules allow, within 21 days
- Parenting material is screened for a protected confidence before anything is produced, and any expert report obtained for a parenting case is copied to the other parties and the independent children's lawyer

## Authorities

- [Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Duty of disclosure brochure (0625 V1, June 2025): full and frank disclosure, Rule 6.01, sections 71B and 90RI, Rule 6.06, the 21-day update, Rules 6.05 and 6.02, and Rule 7.14](https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pubs/duty-disclosure)
- [Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), latest text, as linked from the duty of disclosure brochure](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A00275/latest/text)
- [Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021, latest text, as linked from the duty of disclosure brochure](https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2021L01197/latest/text)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/disclosure-index-and-update-timetable and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*