Queensland Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 No. 5 - SECT 23

(1) A court can make a domestic violence order against a respondent for the benefit of an aggrieved.

(2) A domestic violence order means—

(a) a protection order; or

(b) a temporary protection order.

(3) A temporary protection order is an order made in the period before a court decides whether to make a protection order for the benefit of an aggrieved.

(4) Sometimes, the court can make a domestic violence order even though the person against whom the order is made—

(a) is not notified about an application for a domestic violence order; or

(b) does not appear in court.