How long does a Domestic Violence Protection Order apply and stay in force for
A Domestic Violence Order takes effect from the day it is made.
Courts usually hear Domestic Violence Applications on set days.
Depending on the circumstances, a Court might consider it necessary to make an urgent Temporary Protection Order before the Respondent is served with the Application.
If the making of a Protection Order is contested by the Respondent, the Court will list the matter for a hearing at which it will hear all evidence before it then makes a decision as to whether it will grant a Protection Order.
Sometimes that Hearing date will be some time away and if circumstances warrant it, the court might in the meantime make a Tempora...
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