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f you want your Domestic Violence Order to last longer, to be changed or to be stopped, it’s important to get legal adviceACTNSWNTQldSATasVicWA about this.
If you want your Domestic Violence Order to last longer, it’s important to get legal advice before it expires, as there may be time-limits involved.
In most circumstances, only a court can change a Domestic Violence Order. This includes situations when the protected person and the person who the order is against agree about the Domestic Violence Order being changed.
Breaking or changing a Domestic Violence Order can have serious consequences, so it’s important to get legal adviceACTNSWNTQldSATasVicWA.
For more information about how you change your order in your State or Territory, see resources.
Also see, what will happen if someone breaks a Domestic Violence Order?
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- ACT Law Handbook – What if I want to stop or change my order?
- ACT Magistrates Court – Family Violence Orders
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- LawAccess NSW – After court – Defendants
- LawAccess NSW – After court – Protected Person
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- NT Government – Information for people in need of protection
- NT Government – Information for defendants
- Law Handbook NT – Changing a Police DVO before the next court date
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- Law Handbook – Who can apply to change or cancel an order?
- Law Handbook – What if I want to stop or change my order?
- Courts Administration Authority – Intervention Orders
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- Magistrates Court of Tasmania – Family Violence and Restraint Orders – includes forms to vary
- Legal Aid Tasmania – Family Violence
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- Magistrates’ Court of Victoria – Changing an Intervention Order
- Victoria Legal Aid – Changing an Intervention Order
- Women’s Legal Service – Family Violence
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