Family violence safety plan

Once the Court receives your application, a family violence Registrar will call you to explain the next steps and make an appointment for you to attend the Court. Once the Court issues an interim intervention order, it will be served by the Police on the alleged perpetrator. The order is not valid until it has been served. The Court will advise you of a First Hearing date when both you and the alleged perpetrator must attend Court.

Once the alleged perpetrator is served with the interim intervention order, they cannot do anything that is prohibited on the order. This is the case even if they have not yet been to Court. If the perpetrator continues to commit family violence or do anything that is not allowed on the order, these matters should be reported to the police. You can do this by either calling your police contact, or attending your local police station and making a statement. A breach of an intervention order can lead to a person being charged with a criminal offence and have serious consequences.