---
title: "Section 60I and section 66H certificate checklist before a parenting application"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/section-60i-prefiling-checklist"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a16-section-60i-prefiling-checklist"
area_id: "A16"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A16-A20260923-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Section 60I and section 66H certificate checklist before a parenting application

> A file note of whether a section 60I or section 66H certificate is on the file, which single category it uses, and whether the last attendance or attempt is inside 12 months.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/section-60i-prefiling-checklist  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## 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 2 authorities it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use before filing a parenting application, and when a certificate arrives. It records the certificate the practitioner issued. It does not ask the practitioner to issue one, and it is not evidence of what happened in family dispute resolution.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft a mediation or family-dispute-resolution position paper from the disclosure file](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/draft-a-mediation-or-family-dispute-resolution-position-paper-from-the-d.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may record the category, the two dates on the certificate, and whether 12 months have passed; the lawyer decides whether the Court can hear the application and whether an exception is claimed.

**AI may:**

- Read a certificate already on the file and enter its category and dates into this checklist
- Count 12 months from the date of last attendance or last attempt printed on the certificate
- Note whether the file is a married couple or parents who were never married, where the Family Court of Western Australia is the court

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft a section 60I or section 66H certificate, or ask a practitioner to issue a particular category
- Must not put the contents of family dispute resolution into an affidavit or a court submission
- Must not describe a party's account of family violence in this checklist

**The lawyer checks:**

- The certificate is from an accredited practitioner, uses one category only, and names the date last attended or attempted and the date of issue
- The last attendance or attempt is within 12 months, using the page's meaning of attempted
- In the Family Court of Western Australia, section 60I or section 66H matches the jurisdiction that Court will exercise
- If no certificate will be filed, the exception relied on is identified from the Act, not assumed from the examples on the page

## Authorities

- [Attorney-General's Department, Section 60I certificates for family dispute resolution: five categories, section 66H in Western Australia, the 12-month limit in subsection 24(2) of the Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Regulations 2025, and the rule that a certificate cannot be used as evidence](https://www.ag.gov.au/families-and-marriage/family-dispute-resolution/section-60i-certificates-family-dispute-resolution)
- [Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Regulations 2025, latest text, as linked from that page](https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2025L00304/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/section-60i-prefiling-checklist 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.*