Forms and fees: Child Protection (ChCV)

Fees

The only fees that can be incurred in child protection matters is the fee for digital recordings.  These can be paid through CMS Portal.

Forms

Three form categories have been identified for filing via the CMS Portal:   

1. Case Initiation
2. Subcase
3. Document

Subcase is a new category that has been introduced with CMS Portal. Generally, documents that have been categorised as Subcase are applications that are for an existing case but are determined on their own.

Please refer to the forms category to confirm if the document/application you would like to file is a Subcase.

SMART FORMS

A Smart Form is a form that requires you to add information electronically through the Portal into the form.

Upon electronic data entry into all of the mandatory sections and submission of the filing, the CMS Portal will render this information into the required court document as a PDF and the user will be able to view and download a copy of this.

There are a number of smart forms which can be filed via the CMS Portal without the need to have the document pre-prepared. These processes may require or have an option to file additional documents at the same time.

Depending on the type of filing this may be automatically issued, or it will be processed by the court and the user will receive a notification when their filing has been issued.

UPLOAD FORMS 

This is a form you will need to pre-prepare for upload in PDF form. You can also upload supplementary documents into the CMS Portal.

There are user-friendly templates of some documents for child protection on the Children's Court of Victoria (ChCV) website for downloading at https://www.childrenscourt.vic.gov.au/court-forms/child-protection-forms

OTHER FORMS

There are some forms that cannot be filed via the CMS Portal. Those documents will need to be filed with the appropriate venue directly.