Objecting To A VRO / MRO
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- Our Process
- Helpful Information
FreePhone case assessment
Let’s talk about your relationship confidentially. We will need to run through some basic details with you to ensure we can actually provide some valuable assistance. Get the process started now, by making a quick enquiry.
Appointment with our VRO/MRO lawyers
If it's clear consulting a solicitor you will help your situation, we can identify the right one for your case and arrange a convenient appointment for you.
In depth consultation
At your meeting the solicitor will be able to indicate the outcome they expect to achieve and the legal pathway they would take with you to ensure the best possible result based off past cases and experience.
Sound legal advice & pathway forward
Armed with sound legal advice and a fixed fee quote for representation throughout the process you can then decide if you would like them to act on your behalf and represent you moving forward.
Know Your Restraining Order Rights.
Get the right advice and the right restraining order to restore peace in your life.
Our VRO/MRO Lawyers Can Help
Meet with lawyers have represented clients with restraining order issues.
- Past Cases
- Good Results
- Happy Clients
I've been served with a VRO
What it means - The Applicant has made an application to the Court seeking to be protected by a Court Order. The grounds for seeking an MRO or VRO are that acts of abuse and violence have occurred and may continue to occur in the future.
As a result the Court may grant an ‘interim order’ meaning a temporary order of the Court protecting the applicant from certain conduct and behaviour. Upon being served with the Order you are bound to comply with the terms of the Order.
To dispute the allegations of the Applicant and have the Order removed, you need to lodge an Objection with the Court. The matter is then listed for hearing where all the evidence is heard and disputed.
Getting advice
You must seek a lawyer’s advice to consider the implications of an Order against you. There are deadlines within which time you need to lodge an Objection to the Court. Failure to do so may mean that the Order is made final against you.
How to object to a VRO
You can object to an interim VRO by completing the Respondent’s endorsement copy of the Order (usually attached to the Order served upon you) and return in to the Court within 21 days. If you fail to object within 21 days from being served with the Order, the Order may be made final and you will have to make an application to the Court to set aside the final order and list the matter for a Final Order Hearing.
Possible outcomes
Once you have objected the matter may be listed for a Mentions Hearing or a Final Order Hearing. It is best that you are represented by a lawyer for each of these hearings.
At a Mentions Hearing the Magistrate may wish to hear whether there are any means of settling the matter without going to a Final Order Hearing. VRO’s can be settled amicably by way of a Mutual Undertaking agreement. This is a contractual arrangement to limit contact between the parties without the VRO being in place.
Alternatively, the Application can be withdrawn by the Applicant if they no longer wish to be protected by the Order.
The Respondent may wish to Consent to the Order but without making admission to the allegations made. It is important that a lawyer prepares the documentation for you to ensure that the terms of the Consent are structured correctly.
If there is no resolution to the matter by agreement, the matter is listed for a Final Order Hearing.
What is a final order hearing?
A Final Order Hearing is similar to a Trial. It is a full hearing of the matter, including hearing of all the evidence as to what violence or acts are alleged and whether there is a risk to future violence.
At the end the hearing the Magistrate will decide whether or not grant the Order and for how long the Order will be in effect.
Your solicitor can help you to;
- Understand restraining orders
- Decide which type is right for you
- Guide you through the application process
- Know what to do if it's breached
Know Your Restraining Order Rights.
Get the right advice and the right restraining order to restore peace in your life.
Our VRO/MRO Lawyers Can Help
Meet with lawyers have represented clients with restraining order issues.
- Past Cases
- Good Results
- Happy Clients
Our Process
FreePhone case assessment
Let’s talk about your relationship confidentially. We will need to run through some basic details with you to ensure we can actually provide some valuable assistance. Get the process started now, by making a quick enquiry.
Appointment with our VRO/MRO lawyers
If it's clear consulting a solicitor you will help your situation, we can identify the right one for your case and arrange a convenient appointment for you.
In depth consultation
At your meeting the solicitor will be able to indicate the outcome they expect to achieve and the legal pathway they would take with you to ensure the best possible result based off past cases and experience.
Sound legal advice & pathway forward
Armed with sound legal advice and a fixed fee quote for representation throughout the process you can then decide if you would like them to act on your behalf and represent you moving forward.
Know Your Restraining Order Rights.
Get the right advice and the right restraining order to restore peace in your life.
Our VRO/MRO Lawyers Can Help
Meet with lawyers have represented clients with restraining order issues.
- Past Cases
- Good Results
- Happy Clients
Helpful Information
I've been served with a VRO
What it means - The Applicant has made an application to the Court seeking to be protected by a Court Order. The grounds for seeking an MRO or VRO are that acts of abuse and violence have occurred and may continue to occur in the future.
As a result the Court may grant an ‘interim order’ meaning a temporary order of the Court protecting the applicant from certain conduct and behaviour. Upon being served with the Order you are bound to comply with the terms of the Order.
To dispute the allegations of the Applicant and have the Order removed, you need to lodge an Objection with the Court. The matter is then listed for hearing where all the evidence is heard and disputed.
Getting advice
You must seek a lawyer’s advice to consider the implications of an Order against you. There are deadlines within which time you need to lodge an Objection to the Court. Failure to do so may mean that the Order is made final against you.
How to object to a VRO
You can object to an interim VRO by completing the Respondent’s endorsement copy of the Order (usually attached to the Order served upon you) and return in to the Court within 21 days. If you fail to object within 21 days from being served with the Order, the Order may be made final and you will have to make an application to the Court to set aside the final order and list the matter for a Final Order Hearing.
Possible outcomes
Once you have objected the matter may be listed for a Mentions Hearing or a Final Order Hearing. It is best that you are represented by a lawyer for each of these hearings.
At a Mentions Hearing the Magistrate may wish to hear whether there are any means of settling the matter without going to a Final Order Hearing. VRO’s can be settled amicably by way of a Mutual Undertaking agreement. This is a contractual arrangement to limit contact between the parties without the VRO being in place.
Alternatively, the Application can be withdrawn by the Applicant if they no longer wish to be protected by the Order.
The Respondent may wish to Consent to the Order but without making admission to the allegations made. It is important that a lawyer prepares the documentation for you to ensure that the terms of the Consent are structured correctly.
If there is no resolution to the matter by agreement, the matter is listed for a Final Order Hearing.
What is a final order hearing?
A Final Order Hearing is similar to a Trial. It is a full hearing of the matter, including hearing of all the evidence as to what violence or acts are alleged and whether there is a risk to future violence.
At the end the hearing the Magistrate will decide whether or not grant the Order and for how long the Order will be in effect.
Your solicitor can help you to;
- Understand restraining orders
- Decide which type is right for you
- Guide you through the application process
- Know what to do if it's breached
Know Your Restraining Order Rights.
Get the right advice and the right restraining order to restore peace in your life.
Our VRO/MRO Lawyers Can Help
Meet with lawyers have represented clients with restraining order issues.
- Past Cases
- Good Results
- Happy Clients
