Getting legal protection

Women's Refuge can help you get legal advice or help through our advocacy service.

Learn more here about:

• Police
• Police Safety Orders
• Protection Orders
• Separation and divorce
• Care of children
• Child, Youth and Family
• Family Court and District Court
• Lawyers and Legal Aid.

You can also get detailed legal information in the Women's Refuge book Fresh Start: A Practical Guide for Women Wanting to be Free From Abuse. Fresh Start has information on dealing with the police; seeing a lawyer; Protection Orders; going to court; what happens to children when a relationship ends; ACC; legally ending a marriage, de facto relationship or civil union; dividing relationship property; and useful legal terms.

Read more about what the law says.

Resources:

Fresh Start: A Practical Guide for Women Wanting to be Free From Abuse