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Help get family violence support to regional Victoria
Too many people miss out on family violence legal help when they need it most.
Our Emerging Lawyers Program is a proven solution that helps more Victorians access specialist legal support in rural and regional communities.
Free legal information
After family and sexual violence, laws and legal processes influence decisions about safety, children, money and housing.
This free legal information can help you understand your options and help you prepare for court.
What to expect at a Family Violence Intervention Order hearing in Victoria, including who needs to go, what happens on the day, and where to get support.
Get legal information about separation and divorce, including when family violence happens.
A clear guide to property settlements after separation, including how assets and debts are divided, what the law considers fair.
Learn how family law works after separation, including parenting plans, consent orders and court processes — with support to keep children’s best interests front and centre.
Learn about the rights and where to get support for people who have suffered physical or emotional injury, or financial loss because of a crime.
Learn what happens to your visa if you’re experiencing family violence, whether your partner can cancel your visa, and when to get advice from a migration lawyer.
Learn what further and better particulars are, why the Magistrates’ Court may ask for them, and how to explain your experiences of family violence clearly and safely.
Learn about what a family violence intervention order is and how it can keep you safe from someone using family violence.
Training for safer responses to family and sexual violence
We deliver practical, trauma‑informed training for lawyers, social workers, financial counsellors and community sector workers to strengthen responses to family and sexual violence.
Our training is grounded in frontline experience and supports safer, more coordinated service responses across Victoria.
Intersections: Family Violence and Women on Visas
Learn how migration visa conditions can affect women experiencing family violence and get practical strategies to support women on temporary visas.
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Child Protection and the Law
Get an overview of the child protection system, with a focus on trauma‑informed client engagement and appropriate referrals.
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Family Law - Practical Skills for Success
Practical training to build your family law negotiation skills using realistic, actor‑based simulations.
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Our legal help is free and confidential.
Your legal options and what you can do to support your family’s safety.
Understand what to do when you attend a hearing at the Magistrates' Court.
Understanding how separation or divorce after family violence can impact your children, money, home, visa or where you live
Get help to respond, change or extend a family violence intervention order (FVIO, or IVO), including support for court hearings.
What to do if someone you are close to stops you from working, controls your money, or puts debts in your name.
Help if you are on a temporary visa, if you do not have a visa or are not sure about what visa you are on.
If lawyers or courts are requesting access to your counselling or health records.
How you can apply for money or other support after family or sexual violence.
If you have experienced family violence but police have applied for an intervention order against you. This is known as misidentification.
Fairly dividing your money, assets, debts and housing after ending a relationship or getting divorced.
We explain your legal rights, the process, and help you stay connected with your children.
Making safe and practical arrangements for your children.
Latest news
Help thousands more people in regional Victoria get family violence legal support
Join our campaign to get more Victorians free legal help after family violence and relationship breakdown.
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Victoria’s privilege laws must catch up with integrated legal assistance
Legal privilege should extend to multidisciplinary services, ensuring people can access confidential support from lawyers, social workers, financial counsellors and other specialists.
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Beyond criminalisation: a roadmap to address coercive control
Coercive and controlling behaviour is a serious form of family violence.
Victoria has voted to make coercive control a crime, but criminalisation alone will not deliver the safety, accountability and support victim-survivors need.
Together with our partners we are demanding practical changes to address the risks of criminalisation and improve police, courts and service responses to coercive control.
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