---
title: "Incident chronology for an apprehended domestic violence order (NSW s 16)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/advo-incident-chronology"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a53-advo-incident-chronology"
area_id: "A53"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A53-X20260927-1", "A53-X20260927-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/advo-incident-chronology  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Family Violence & Protection Orders](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and New South Wales.

## 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](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/build-the-incident-chronology-and-evidence-index-for-the-protection-orde.md)
- [Prepare the protection order application pack](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-the-protection-order-application-pack.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) s 16 (ADVO if the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities of the fear and the conduct in subsection (1); when actual fear need not be proved)](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/capva2007347/s16.html)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/advo-incident-chronology and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*