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Judge Dismisses Appeal of an Application to Vary DVO
Two weeks ago in the matter of TKG v NKQ [2015] QDC 258, Searles DCJ handed down the Courts decision in respect to an appeal of an application to vary an existing protection order made by consent in...
Do the Rules of Evidence Apply to a Domestic Violence Application?
Section 145 (1) of the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012, allows the court not bound by the rules of evidence in a proceeding under that Act or any practice or procedures applying to co...
Breach of a Domestic Violence Order – What does this mean for me?
Breaching a Domestic Violence Order is a very serious criminal offence. The general maximum penalty for the offence of contravening a Domestic Violence Order has recently been increased from 12 months...
Interstate Orders
An aggreived person (or Applicant) can apply to the Magistrates Court to have a Domestic Violence Order (Protection Order or DVO) that was made interstate, registered in Queensland. If you are the res...
Voluntary Intervention Orders
The Court can now make a seperate order requiring a respondent to attend either an intervention program, counselling or both. This is called a Voluntary Intervention Order. The purpose of a Voluntary ...
Queensland police officers have powers to assist them in responding to domestic violence
A police officer can issue a police protection notice at the time the officer attends a domestic violence incident. This allows the police to serve the respondent at the time of the incident rather th...
Cross-Applications in Domestic Violence Proceedings
A respondent to an Application for a Domestic Violence Order (also called a DVO or Protection Order), may bring a Cross Application against the applicant, if necessary. Domestic violence is characteri...- 2 of 2
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