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Court Forms +

  • Aug 31, 2026
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Powered by LEAP, Court Forms + provides family law practitioners with a fast and reliable way to complete commonly used court forms as web forms, directly inside a LEAP matter.

Key Features

Court Forms + is designed to support family lawyers in preparing, exchanging and filing court forms without leaving their matter:

  • Three FCFCOA forms: Complete the Application for Consent Orders, the Financial Statement and the Balance Sheet as web replicas of the approved court forms.

  • Automatic population: Party and matter information populates from the matter and card details as soon as a form is created.

  • Import from Balance Sheet + and Ruffle: Bring across assets, liabilities and categorised expenditure that have already been captured elsewhere in the matter.

  • Automatic calculations: Totals and running totals update as figures are entered, reducing the risk of arithmetic error.

  • Document sharing: Share a form with a client or the other side by email, controlling which sections and columns they can edit.

  • Change history: See who changed what and when, including changes submitted by recipients.

  • AI Chat: Ask questions about the form in natural language to identify missing data, duplicates and discrepancies.

  • Export: Generate a precedent court form as a Word or PDF document, saved automatically to matter correspondence.

Getting Started

 

To access Court Forms +

  1. Open a Family Law matter in LEAP.

  2. Click the icon in the LEAP ribbon.

 
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If for some reason Court Forms + isn’t appearing in your LEAP ribbon, it could be:

  • You are not working in a Family Law matter;
  • There are too many apps in the LEAP ribbon, click the ‘More’ button to reveal additional apps; or
  • A quick sign-out and sign-back-in of LEAP could be required.

Documents

 

Court Forms + organises data into documents. A matter can hold any number of documents, and each one is a separate form. All documents for the matter are listed in the Documents panel on the left of the screen.

Click the icon to open the Documents panel, and again to collapse it.

The first time Court Forms + is opened in a matter, you will be prompted to create a document.

Creating a Document

 

To create a document, click the + icon in the Documents panel header.

Select the Form you want to create, enter a name (optional), and click Create.

Managing Documents

 

Each document card shows the document name, the date it was created, and the form type.

From the document card, you can:

Rename document.
Duplicate the document.
Archive the document.

Duplicating a document creates a copy including all data entered in it, rather than a new blank form of the same type.

Archived documents move to a collapsed Archived section at the foot of the Documents panel and can be restored at any time using the icon.

 
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Archiving a shared document revokes its active shares. The shares that will be revoked are listed for confirmation before the document is archived.

Forms

 

Court Forms + provides replicas of the approved court forms, with the same part headings, item numbers and question text. The structure of each form is protected, so the exported document always matches the court version, and every change is automatically saved as it is made.

There are currently three FCFCOA forms supported.

 
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Dark mode. Court Forms + can be switched between light and dark using the   toggle at the far right of the header.

Application for Consent Orders

 

Party and matter information populates automatically as soon as the document is created.

Navigating the form: The part letters run down the right-hand edge of the screen and double as the scrollbar. Click a letter to jump directly to that part, and the part currently in view stays highlighted.

Zoom and page controls are available in the toolbar at the foot of the form.

Settings panel: A floating panel holding the options available for the form. It can be moved by dragging the handle in its header or collapsed using the chevron.

Optional sections: Five section toggles in the Settings panel control which parts appear in the form:

  • Part F parenting
  • Parts H and I financial
  • Part K legal advice for the applicant
  • Part M legal advice for the respondent
  • Part O legal advice for a third party

Turning a part off removes its questions and pages from the form. Turning it back on restores the part and any answers previously entered in it.

Part G is automatically struck through when a date of marriage is recorded in Relationship Details on the matter. 

Adding and removing rows: When required, extra rows can easily be added using the blue +Add controls in the margin beside each item.

Rows you have added can be removed using the remove icon beside them. The rows the court form includes by default cannot be removed.

Entering figures: Totals are updated automatically as figures are entered.

You can enter NK where a figure is not known, or prefix an estimate with E, for example E450. Entries without a figure are counted as zero in the totals.

Insert NIL values: Available in the Settings panel. Fills every blank amount field in the form with NIL.

Validate percentages: Available in the Settings panel. Checks that the property division adds up by comparing total net worth at item 59 against item 77, and total superannuation at item 63 against item 78.

Where the figures do not agree, the Division of property panel reports a mismatch and gives the discrepancy as a figure.

Importing data: Assets and liabilities can be imported from Balance Sheet +, see Import features section below.

 
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Insert NIL values, the Balance Sheet + import and Validate percentages all require Parts H and I to be switched on. With the financial parts turned off, all three appear greyed out in the Settings panel.

Financial Statement

 

Party and matter information populates automatically as soon as the document is created.

Navigating the form: The part letters run down the right-hand edge of the screen and double as the scrollbar. Click a letter to jump directly to that part, and the part currently in view stays highlighted.

Zoom and page controls are available in the toolbar at the foot of the form.

Settings panel: A floating panel holding the options available for the form. It can be moved by dragging the handle in its header or collapsed using the chevron.

Optional section: The section toggle in the Settings panel controls Part N, for spousal maintenance and child support. 

Adding and removing rows: Where the form allows for it, extra rows can be added in place using the blue +Add controls in the margin beside each item.

Rows you have added can be removed using the remove icon beside them. The rows the court form includes by default cannot be removed.

Entering figures: Totals are updated automatically as figures are entered.

Enter NK where a figure is not known, or prefix an estimate with E, for example E450. Entries without a figure are counted as zero in the totals.

LEAP Time Period Calculator: When entering weekly figures, amounts given for another period can be converted automatically by typing a suffix after the figure:

/Y

Yearly

/Q

Quarterly

/M

Monthly

/F

Fortnightly

For example, entering 5200/Y converts to $100 per week.

Insert NIL values: Available in the Settings panel. Fills every blank amount field in the form with NIL.

Notes: Click an item number to add a note against that item.

A box will be highlighted under Part O automatically referencing the relevant Part and Item number for you to enter the note into.

Importing data: Assets and liabilities can be imported from Balance Sheet +, and categorised expenditure from Ruffle. See Import features section below.

Balance Sheet

 

The Balance Sheet can be built directly in Court Forms + or imported from Balance Sheet + (See Import features section below).

Settings panel: A floating panel holding the options available for the form. It can be moved by dragging the handle in its header or collapsed using the chevron.

Adding and removing rows: Rows are added as the pool requires using the +Add row control.

Rows you have added can be removed using the remove icon beside them.

Entering figures: Totals are updated automatically as figures are entered.

Enter NK where a figure is not known, or prefix an estimate with E, for example E450. Entries without a figure are counted as zero in the totals.

Notes: Click an item number to add a note against it.

A row will be added to a table in the Notes section of the form for you to enter the note into.

Totals: A summary of the totals appears at the foot of the balance sheet.

Import Features

 

Court Forms + can import data already held against the matter, reducing manual data entry where the information has been captured elsewhere.

Party and matter information populates into the form automatically as soon as a document is created. It is drawn from the client card, the other side card, and the relationship, children and court details on the matter.

Two further imports can be run from the Settings panel. These options only appear where the matter holds data to draw from.

 
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How much of the form populates depends on how complete the matter and card details are in LEAP. Complete the matter details before creating the document to get the most out of automatic population.

Import from Balance Sheet +

 

Where a matter has data in Balance Sheet +, assets and liabilities can be imported directly into any of the three forms.

The Settings panel lists the current balance sheet and any locked property adjustment scenario on the matter, by the name it was given in Balance Sheet +.

In the Application for Consent Orders, a toggle is available to select whether to bring in the applicant's or the respondent's figures from the balance sheet.

Where the import will overwrite data already in the form, a dialog appears so you can confirm which fields will be imported. See Confirming an import below.

Import from Ruffle

 

Where a matter has bank statement data processed in Ruffle, categorised expenditure can be imported directly into Part N of the Financial Statement.

Where the import will overwrite data already in the form, a dialog appears so you can confirm which fields will be imported. See Confirming an import below.

 
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You should review and correct transaction categorisation in Ruffle before importing into Court Forms +.

Confirming an Import

 

Where an import will overwrite data already in the form, an Overwrite data dialog appears so you can review and confirm what will be imported before it applies.

Hover over any row to preview its current and proposed values, and the part of the form they sit in.

Untick any row to leave it out of the import.

Click Continue to apply the import, or Cancel to leave the form untouched.

Sharing Forms

 

Any form created in Court Forms + can be shared by email with a client or the other side, so they can complete their part of it in a browser.

Recipients do not need a LEAP account.

Sending a form

 

To share a form click the icon in the top right of the screen and select which document to share.

Enter the recipient's email address and select Can view or Can edit.

You can click Edit to change the email message that accompanies the link. A default message is provided, and your name is signed off automatically.

Where you have granted edit access, choose which sections the recipient can change. All sections are editable by default, so untick any you want to protect.

Column locking is available on the Application for Consent Orders, allowing the other side to complete their own figures without access to your client's.

Click Confirm & share.

Managing access: The recipient is added to the Shared with list with the access they were given. Permissions are set separately for each recipient, so one recipient can have view access while another has edit access. Access can be revoked at any time from the Shared with list.

 

What the recipient sees

 

  • The recipient receives an email from Court Forms + containing your message and a View button.

  • The first time an email address is used, a second email is sent to verify it. The verification link is valid for 30 minutes and must be opened on the same device the recipient intends to use for the form.

  • The form opens in their browser headed with your firm's name. They do not have access to the Settings panel, AI Chat or any sharing controls.

  • A message appears if they attempt to edit a locked section.

  • Submit changes remains greyed out until they have changed something. They can submit as many times as they need to.

  • They are told the outcome once you have reviewed their changes. Where changes are rejected, the form on their screen returns to the current version.

  • They can download their own copy of the form as a PDF or Word.

 
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The email is sent from noreply@familylaw.leap.com.au. Where a recipient has not received it, ask them to check their junk or spam folder.)

Reviewing submitted changes

 

When a recipient submits changes, a notification appears in Court Forms + and the share icon carries a red dot until the changes have been reviewed.

To review submitted changes:

  1. Click Review changes, either from the popup notification or beside the recipient in the share dialog.

  2. Changes are grouped by part, item and row, each showing the previous and the new value. Hover over any change to preview it in context.

  3. Untick any changes you do not want to accept.

  4. Click Accept all changes to apply what is ticked, or Reject all to discard everything.

 
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Changes from different recipients are reviewed independently of one another. Everything is recorded in change history whether accepted or rejected, and the recipient is notified of the outcome either way.

AI Chat

 

AI Chat allows you to ask questions about the form you are working in using natural language, rather than reading through the form to find problems. Click the chat icon at the foot of the left-hand rail to open it.

Where relevant, responses include links that take you straight to the part of the form they refer to, so an issue can be acted on immediately.

Examples of questions AI Chat can answer:

  • Are all the mandatory sections complete?

  • Have any bank accounts been entered twice?

  • What is causing the discrepancy between Part H and Part I?

  • Are any of the Part N figures unusually high for a weekly amount?

  • What would the pool total be without the investment property?

 
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AI Chat is a query and checking feature. It reads the form and reports on what it finds, but it cannot currently make changes to the form, add rows or complete sections.

Change History

 

Every change made to a form is recorded, covering your own edits and anything submitted by a recipient of a shared form.

Click the icon in the top right of the screen to open it.

Sessions are listed down the left, grouped by who made the changes and when, with a count for each:

Each row shows the value before the change and the value after it. Where rows were added rather than values changed, the row shows how many were added.

You can hover over any change to preview it in context, showing the part and item it belongs to, the previous and new values, and the region of the form with the change highlighted.

Export

 

Once a form is complete, click the export icon in the top right of the screen to generate a document from the form data.

Two export formats are available:

  • PDF. The same precedent court form as a PDF, ready to file or send.
  • Word. A precedent court form as a .docx that opens in Microsoft Word, and can be amended afterward if required.

The exported file is saved automatically to the matter's correspondence in LEAP. The form itself is unchanged and can be edited and exported again at any time.

Last Modified Date
31/08/2026 12:05 PM
Title
Court Forms +
URL Name
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Resolution
Family Law
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