---
title: "Application in a proceeding (family law)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/form-fcfcoa-application-in-a-proceeding"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a16-form-fcfcoa-application-in-a-proceeding"
area_id: "A16"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A16-T1-R14", "A16-B1-1", "A16-T1-R7"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Application in a proceeding (family law)

> Link to the family law Application in a Proceeding, used by a party to current proceedings who seeks further interlocutory or procedural orders.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/form-fcfcoa-application-in-a-proceeding  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Family Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- 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 official form at fcfcoa.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when a family law case is already on foot and a party seeks further interlocutory or procedural orders. Final relief starts on an initiating application, which already has its own guide.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft submissions, an argument summary and a chronology for the hearing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/draft-submissions-an-argument-summary-and-a-chronology-for-the-hearing.md)
- [Check an FCFCOA filing against PD-AI](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/check-an-fcfcoa-filing-against-pd-ai.md)
- [Draft a parenting plan or parenting orders from the arrangements sheet](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/draft-a-parenting-plan-or-parenting-orders-from-the-arrangements-sheet.md)

## How AI may be used

Yellow. A tool may compare a working note with the current official form and list what is missing. The lawyer downloads the form, completes it and lodges it.

**AI may:**

- List the facts and documents the official page says to have ready.
- Compare a working checklist with the current downloaded form and mark gaps.
- Prepare a filing note that quotes only what the official page says.

**AI must not:**

- Do not copy the official form into a new document or file a retyped version.
- Do not invent a form number, fee, time limit or rule that is not on the official page.
- Do not draft, settle or sign an affidavit or other sworn evidence.
- Do not lodge the form or tell the client it has been filed.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Keep the parties' names the same as the original application, and show who files at Filed on behalf of.
- File an affidavit at the same time stating the facts relied on. The lawyer prepares that affidavit.
- The page says the form can be eFiled on the Commonwealth Courts Portal, and that it must be served.
- The page says that when final orders are made, an interlocutory order pending further order is discharged.

## Authorities

- [Application in a proceeding, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.](https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/forms/app-proceeding)
- [Application in a proceeding PDF linked from that page.](https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-08/application_proceeding_fl_0926v1.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/forms/app-proceeding)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by fcfcoa.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## 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/form-fcfcoa-application-in-a-proceeding 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.*