Commentary has been added to the Property Settlement, Children and Divorce publications on discontinuance and summary dismissal of proceedings. The necessary forms have also been linked to the relevant matter plans.

Proceedings maybe discontinued according to Family Law Rule 10.11 and Federal Circuit Court Rules 13.01 and 13.02. …

See Bigg and Suzi [1998] FamCA 14 (5 March 1998) where the Court said that not only did it have power to summarily dismiss an
application which could not succeed, but also the Court had inherent power to dismiss or permanently stay an application.