Temporary or Urgent Domestic Violence Protection Orders

What if you need to get a Temporary or Urgent Domestic Violence Protection Order 

Under the legislation which has applied in Queensland from 17 September 2012, a Court might make an urgent Temporary Protection Order before the Respondent is served with the Application, if the Court is satisfied that the making of a temporary protection order is necessary or desirable to protect the Aggrieved or a “named person” from domestic violence.

The position is similiar in most other Australian States.

Under the legislation which applied until 17 September 2012 in Queensland, a Court might have made an urgent Temporary Protection Order before the Respondent is served with the Application if the Aggrieved or a “named person”:

• was in danger of being injured; or
• property of the Aggrieved or a “named person” is in danger of substantial damage.

NOTE:

 

 

• The content on this page represents the law in Queensland.  Domestic Violence laws vary according to each State and Territory in Australia.
• In Qld Protection Orders are called Domestic Violence Protection Orders or a “DVO”.
• Other States refer to a Relationship Violence Protection Order or DVO as:
  • NSW: In New South Wales it is an Aprehended Domestic Violence Order (AVO) or (ADVO) or an Apprehended Personal Violence Order (APVO);
  • VIC: In Victoria it is a Family Violence Intervention Order (FVIO);
  • ACT: In the Austalian Capital Territory it is a Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVO)
  • TAS: In Tasmainia it is Family Violence Order (FVO) or Police Family Violence Order (PFVO);
  • S.A.: In South Australia it is an Intervention Order (IO);
  • W.A.: In Western Australia it is a Violence Restraining Order (VRO);
  • N.T.: In the Northern Territory it is a Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVO)
  • So variously it is referred to as a Domestic Violence Order, Intervention Order, Restraining Order, Protection Order, Apprehended Violence Order, Violence Restraining Order etc.

 

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