Your Guide to Legal Innovation

Smarter Drafter Precedent Update August 2025

Written by Smarter Drafter | Sep 1, 2025 11:28:04 AM

Check out all the new content that's been added to Smarter Drafter in the last month.

Welcome to the precedent update for August. This big update features updates to our Essentials suite, and new FLENA additions, as well as updated forms.

Let’s dive in!

Essentials

Form updates

The following documents have been updated:

Family Law:

  • Family Law New Client Questionnaire

Content update: Website Documents

  • Privacy Policy

Content update: Blank Templates

  • Blank Deed or Agreement

Content update: Trusts

  • Family Trust Deed

Content update: NSW UCPR

  • Form 40 - Affidavit
  • Form 163 - Witness Statement

Court Forms

Content update: FCFCoA

Form updates

The following forms have been updated:

  • Affidavit - Family law and child support
  • Affidavit - Non filing of family dispute resolution certificate
  • Application for consent orders (Australia ex WA)
  • Application for review
  • Confidential case outline document (dispute resolution)
  • Financial questionnaire
  • Financial statement
  • Financial Statement - Express
  • Genuine steps certificate
  • Initiating application (Family law)
  • Notice of appeal (child support)
  • Notice of objection - Subpoena
  • Notice of request to inspect
  • Outline of case document (final hearing)
  • PPP Cases Financial Summary - Express version
  • Reply
  • Request to attend by electronic communication
  • Response to initiating application (Family)
  • Subpoena - Family law
  • Undertaking as to disclosure

Updates from our content partners

Family Law Education Network of Australia (FLENA)

Forms Added

The following documents have been updated:

  • CO2 - Letter to OP (self-rep) with draft Application for Consent Orders and terms of agreement
  • CO7 - Letter to client following Orders being made

Form updates

The following documents have been updated:

  • P2 - Initial formal letter to client RE children and or property
  • P3 - Initial formal letter to other party (self-repped) RE children and or property
  • P4 - Letter to client requesting financial disclosure
  • P5 - Initial formal letter to other party's lawyer RE children and or property
  • P6 - Property division letter of advice
  • P7 - Letter to other side following disclosure with offer and or proposed mediation
  • P10 - Written notice of intention to commence (wait 14 days prior to filing min)
  • SP3 - Mediation position paper
  • MCFP3 - Letter to client confirming MCFP allocation

*****

Download the full Document and Precedent list

Those are the highlights from the past month, but If you want to see the full list, click the button below. 

Don’t forget to check out our blog to read more about exciting feature releases.
If you have any questions or feedback about this month’s release, please send us an email on team@smarterdrafter.com.au.