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What is a Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO)?

Before a DVPN ends, the police must apply to the magistrates' court for a DVPO if they want to continue to protect you. The court will make the DVPO if:

  • you are associated with the abuser (see Non-Molestation Order);
  • it is satisfied it is more likely than not that the perpetrator has been violent or has threatened violence towards you; and
  • the DVPO is necessary to protect you from violence or the threat of violence

A DVPO must be applied for within 48 hours of a DVPN being issued. The DVPN will forbid the abuser from molesting you or from entering or coming within a certain distance of your home.

A DVPO can last for between 14 to 28 days.

DVPOs and DVPNs only apply to people who are associated to each other (see Non-Molestation Order).

 

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