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Review of Family Violence Laws: Consultation Paper

The commission published the Review of Family Violence Laws: Consultation Paper, focusing on intervention orders, on 26 November 2004 and received 85 submissions.

It includes information about:

• definitions of family violence
• intervention order use
• how the system operates
• evidence in intervention order proceedings
• initiatives from other jurisdictions
• barriers to using the system
• enforcement of intervention orders
• intervention order breaches
• and legal aid.

Below is an outline of the chapters.

Executive Summary and Questions
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: What is Family Violence?
Chapter 3: Justice System's Response to Family Violence
Chapter 4: The Victorian Intervention Order System
Chapter 5: Using the Intervention Order System
Chapter 6: Barriers to Accessing Intervention Orders
Chapter 7: Gateways to the Intervention Order System
Chapter 8: Making Effective Intervention Orders
Chapter 9: Enforcement of Intervention Orders
Chapter 10: Improving Process and Procedure
Chapter 11: Evidence in Intervention Order Proceedings
Appendices

For a hard copy of the paper contact the commission on 03 8619 8619 or email law.reform@lawreform.vic.gov.au

 

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Author:	Victorian Law Reform Commission
Place of Publication:	Melbourne
Publisher:	Victorian Law Reform Commission
Date of Publication:	2004
Number of Pages:	344
Copyright:	Victorian Law Reform Commission, 2004