Domestic violence orders

A domestic violence order (DVO) is a protection order made by the Local Court to protect you against domestic violence or threats of violence.

It can stop someone from doing all of the following:

• contacting you
• using violence against you
• causing damage to your property, including injury or death to animals
• threatening to use violence against you
• stalking and harassing you
• selling your property without your knowledge
• pressuring you to give them money.

Rules of a domestic violence order

There are different types of domestic violence orders with different rules for the person the order is being sought against.

These include any of the following:

• full non-contact
• non violence
• full non-contact while intoxicated.