Protection Order

Text: What is a Protection Order?

Where on application to the Court for a safety or a barring order or between the making of the application and the decision to grant such an order, there are reasonable grounds for believing that the safety or welfare of you (the applicant) or dependent (any child) so requires a protection order may be granted. If so, the court can grant a protection order to prohibit the respondent from:

• using or threatening the use of violence against, molesting or putting in fear, the applicant or a dependent person,
• if residing elsewhere, watching or besetting a place where the applicant or a dependent person resides,
• following or communicating (including electronically) with the applicant or a dependent person.

A protection order expires on the determination by the court of the application for the barring or safety order.

A protection order may be made ex parte*

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*ex parte = without all parties present.