Fee Schedule 1M – Family law stage of matter limits

Fee Schedule 1M – Family law stage of matter limits

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) may provide assistance for representation at trial (by counsel or lawyer) where:

  1. the matter is listed in the Magellan Program; or
  2. the applicant is a person with an intellectual disability or an acquired brain injury who is an eligible person receiving services from the Department of Human Services or a registered disability service provider under the Disability Act 2006; or
  3. the applicant is a person with a diagnosed mental illness who is receiving services from an approved mental health service under the Mental Health Act 1986; or
  4. the other party is represented either privately, through pro bono assistance, or pursuant to (ii) or (iii) above.

This does not apply to Independent Children’s Lawyers for whom Family law Guideline 5 will continue to apply.

Part heard matters

This rule applies to all applications for assistance received on or after 1 November 2013 for trials listed on or after 1 November 2013. Where a trial is scheduled partly before 1 November and recommences on or after 1 November 2013 assistance may be available for that portion of the trial conducted on or after 1 November 2013.

Fees

The following fees shall apply to all Commonwealth family law matters (including extensions) where legal assistance was approved on or after 1 January 2015.

Where a practitioner is in receipt of a grant of legal assistance pursuant to Fee Schedule 1M and the extension of assistance has not been completed, the practitioner may claim the higher stage fee pursuant to this table.

Index

Fees prior to 1 January 2015

For fee schedules prior to 1 January 2015, see Archived versions of the Handbook.