Are you a victim of Domestic Violence?

You do not have to put up with being hurt.
If your spouse deliberately:

• Injures you
• Damages your property
• Intimidates or harasses you
• Treats you indecently without your consent
• Or threatens to do any of these things, you are a victim of domestic violence. You can get help from the law.

DA Family Lawyers can help you to apply to a Magistrates Court for a protection order to try to stop the violence. The court will make the order if the magistrate is convinced that there has been violence and it is likely to occur again.

A protection order tells the respondent (the person whom you are taking the order out against) that violence will not be tolerated. It lays down rules and conditions that the respondent must obey. From the day a protection order is made, the respondent must be well behaved towards you and towards anyone else named in the order—your children, for example. A protection order makes it illegal for the respondent to own a weapon or hold a weapons licence. The court may also include other conditions in the order. Ask us about what other options there are. The order can remain in force for up to two years, and you can apply to have the court extend it if necessary.

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