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Are you applying for an AVO? Information for persons in need of protection.
Courts can make orders to protect you from a person who has been violent towards you. This brochure explains how you can get an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) and what happens in court.
- Organisation:
- Legal Aid New South Wales
- Topic:
- Family violence
- Target audience:
- Women
- Service area:
- NSW
- Published:
- August 2019
- Last reviewed:
- November 2023
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