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...

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...

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...