Checklist · Family Violence & Protection Orders
Incident chronology for an apprehended domestic violence order (NSW s 16)
Chronology of incidents for an ADVO application, with each row tied to a limb of section 16 and the source document. It is an index, not the written statement.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia, New South Wales
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia and New South Wales.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use while preparing a private ADVO application in New South Wales, before anyone drafts the statement in support. The statement is a separate document and is not generated from this chronology.
Used for these tasks
- Build the incident chronology and evidence index for the protection order file
- Prepare the protection order application pack
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may list dates and document references from the client's papers. The lawyer decides which incidents matter and how they fit section 16.
AI may
- Enter dates, places and document references from police entries, messages and the client's notes
- Leave a blank column for which s 16 limb the lawyer assigns
- Flag a gap between two dated incidents
AI must not
- Must not describe an incident in words that will be copied into a statement or affidavit
- Must not say the fear is proved or that an order should be made
- Must not decide that a domestic relationship exists
The lawyer checks
- Each incident the lawyer relies on is sourced, and the client's account has been taken by the lawyer
- The chronology is capable of being used against s 16(1): a domestic relationship, reasonable grounds to fear, actual fear unless subsection (2) applies, and a domestic violence offence, a conversion-practices offence, or intimidation or stalking sufficient to warrant an order
- Where actual fear is not relied on, the lawyer has identified which paragraph of subsection (2) is relied on
- An order sought only under subsection (2)(d) is limited to the prohibitions taken to be specified by s 36, which is opened before the conditions are drafted
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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