What Victoria legal matter plans are available?

The Open Matter Plans Network has 36 free Victoria legal matter plan templates across 6 practice areas, including Family Law, Wills & Estates, Property Disputes. Each plan is a step-by-step workflow checklist aligned to Victoria's court procedures and statutory requirements.

Are Victoria legal matter plan templates free?

Yes. All Victoria matter plans are free to access, browse, and use. You can view plans online, export to CSV for your practice management system, or pull them via the JSON API for direct PMS or legal AI integration.

How are Victoria matter plans structured?

Each plan is divided into stages covering the full matter lifecycle - from initial instructions and fact-gathering through preparation, filing, and finalisation. Individual tasks include estimated time units, role assignments, and key date fields. The Victoria library includes 12 master plans and 24 specialist derivative plans covering specific procedural variants.

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PMS Fields - every matter (base fields)

When a practice-management system opens a matter at this level, these are the canonical fields it receives - resolved through the field-set hierarchy (base → area of law → geography → plan). Fields added at this levelare shown below, with inherited tiers beneath; each set's page has the full resolved table. How this works.

Added at this level - Universal Matter Core56 fields

Matter(4)

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Matter titlematter.titletext

Matter typeⓘmatter.matterTypetext

Matter statusmatter.statustext

Client(12)

Client namematter.clientNametextrequired

Client emailmatter.clientEmailemail

Client / purchaser phonematter.linkedContacts.CLIENT.phonephone

Client / purchaser postal addressⓘmatter.linkedContacts.CLIENT.addresstext

Client date of birthmatter.fieldValues.client_date_of_birthdate

Client ABN / ACN

Our Firm(9)

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Firm addressmatter.ourFirmAddresstext

Firm phonematter.ourFirmPhonephone

Firm emailmatter.ourFirmEmailemail

Firm Street Addressmatter.ourFirmAddressStreettext

Firm Suburbmatter.ourFirmAddressSuburbtext

Operator(11)

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User Surnamematter.user.surnametext

User Full Name (first + surname)matter.user.nametext

User Emailmatter.user.emailemail

User Postal Addressmatter.user.addresstext

User Contact Numbermatter.user.phonephone

User Street Address

Key Dates(4)

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Matter opened datematter.fieldValues.matter_open_datedate

Limitation datematter.fieldValues.limitation_datedate

Next key datematter.fieldValues.next_key_datedate

Other Side(6)

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Court(4)

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Court datematter.fieldValues.court_datedate

Hearing typematter.fieldValues.hearing_typetext

Financials(5)

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Professional feesⓘmatter.fieldValues.professional_feescurrency

Disbursements estimatematter.fieldValues.disbursements_estimatecurrency

Total Disbursementsmatter.fieldValues.total_disbursementscurrency

You (the Operator)(1)

Operator signature (image)ⓘmatter.user.signatureimage

56 fields resolved · chain: matter-coreJSON API

Victoria Legal Matter Plans

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Family Law

Family Violence Intervention Order (Applicant)

Safety Notice Conversion

Wills & Estates

Uncontested Probate (Executor) - Victoria

Registry Requisitions and Delayed Applications - VIC

Administration with Will Annexed - VIC (Executor Unavailable)

Property Disputes

Fences Act: Dividing Fence Dispute - Victoria (Applicant)

Adverse Possession Claim Arising from Boundary Dispute (s 30E)

Real Estate

Extension of Caveat Against Lapsing - Victoria (Caveator)

Registered Proprietor Applying to Remove Caveat (No Valid Interest) - s 90 TLA

Property Purchase (Buyer)

Construction Law

Security of Payment Act Claim (Claimant)

Default Adjudication (No Payment Schedule - s 18(2) Notice Pathway)

Civil Litigation

Debt Recovery (Applicant)

Enforcement via Warrant to Seize Property

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Respondent-Initiated Variation or Revocation

Family Violence Intervention Order (FVIO) - Applicant Roadmap

Consent Order or Undertaking Resolution (First Mention)

Urgent Ex-Parte Interim FVIO - Same-Day Protection

Support for AFM in Police-Initiated FVSN/Application

Personal Safety Intervention Order (PSIO) - Private Applicant

Defendant Client

DSCV Mediation Pathway

Victorian Family Provision Application (Applicant) - Part IV APA 1958

Contested Hearing Track (Discovery to Trial)

Tier 3 Dependency Threshold Claim

Out of Time Application (Leave to Proceed under s 99(2) APA)

Letters of Administration (Intestacy Alternate)

Letters of Administration with the Will Annexed

Urgent Fencing Works - No Pre-Action Notice Required (s 23)

Residential Tenancy - Possession and Compensation (Rental Provider) - Victoria

Bond and Compensation Claim - End of Tenancy (s 452 and s 472)

Rent Arrears Possession - Five-Strikes Rule (s 91ZM)

Retail Lease (Tenant)

Option Exercise and Lease Renewal

Performance Security Release (s 17A - End of Defects Liability Period)

Court Enforcement and Principal Redirection (s 28R and Division 4)

PMS Fields - every matter (base fields)