Victoria Legal Aid Handbook for Lawyers

Child dispute help

When you are asked to complete 'Details of dispute', you must provide answers in some mandatory fields before you can submit applications for assistance in matters involving children.

If you fail to enter data in a mandatory field, you will receive an error message when you try to move to the next page. You will then need to return to the field and provide the details.

Do you live with the other party?
If the answer to this mandatory question is 'yes', you should proceed to complete all relevant details that follow.

Family violence orders and safety fears.
This is a mandatory question. If the answer to this question is 'Yes', you must proceed to complete all relevant details that follow.

Safety fears.
All three questions are mandatory, but simply require a 'yes' or 'no' answer.

Reviewed 24 January 2022