Victoria Legal Aid Handbook for Lawyers

Guideline 5 – application to revoke a protection order

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) may provide a grant of legal assistance:

For a parent to initiate or respond to an application to revoke a protection order in the Children's Court (Family Division) where:

  • there is a family reunification order
    and
  • there are reasonable prospects of the child/ren being immediately placed in the care of a parent

For a child to initiate or respond to an application to revoke or vary a protection order in the Children's Court (Family Division) where:

  • there is a family reunification order, care by secretary order or long-term care order
    and
  • there are reasonable prospects of the revocation being made

Documentary requirements

Information to assist lawyers with the grants application and assessment process and documentary requirements is set out under the relevant guideline in Simplified Grants Process: Notes on the Guidelines.

Simplified grants assessment process

Grants to revoke a protection order are VLA assessed. Lawyers seeking a grant of legal assistance must submit an application via ATLASExternal Link , uploading the appropriate documents set out under the relevant guideline in Simplified Grants Process: Notes on the Guidelines and retaining on file the remaining documents set out in the notes.

Lawyers are also encouraged to complete a Children's Court (Family Division) worksheet for their file.

Reviewed 01 September 2022

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