---
title: "Application for a domestic violence order (NT Local Court publication PD 5A): completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-nt-dvo"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
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area_id: "A53"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A53-X20260927-3", "A53-X20260927-1", "A53-X20260927-4", "A53-E20261018-7"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Application for a domestic violence order (NT Local Court publication PD 5A): completion guide

> Link to the Local Court of the Northern Territory publication Application for a Domestic Violence Order, number PD 5A, dated 26 March 2024. The Word file was not opened.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-nt-dvo  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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Link to the Local Court of the Northern Territory publication Application for a Domestic Violence Order, number PD 5A, dated 26 March 2024. The Word file was not opened. The lawyer checks the current file before anyone completes it.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Family Violence & Protection Orders](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md)
- Jurisdictions: Northern Territory
- 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 official form at localcourt.nt.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Northern Territory.

## When to use it

Use when identifying the Local Court of the Northern Territory domestic violence order application. Do not complete it from this guide. The publication page does not set out the form's questions, the Act section, a fee, or the court process.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the protection order application pack](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-the-protection-order-application-pack.md)
- [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 statement in support of the protection order application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-the-statement-in-support-of-the-protection-order-application.md)
- [Screen documents for the protected person’s address and contact details before service or disclosure](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/screen-documents-for-the-protected-person-s-address-and-contact-details.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may record that the publication is PD 5A, dated 26 March 2024, and list what the page does not say; the lawyer opens the current Word file and writes the application. The file was not read.

**AI may:**

- Check the draft against the current form and list blank fields, missing copies and inconsistent names
- Index dates, police incident numbers and existing orders already recorded on the file, without rewriting the account of what happened
- Flag address and contact fields that should be kept off a document the other party will see

**AI must not:**

- Must not write the narrative of incidents or any statement in support
- Must not describe the abuse, the risk, or the conditions sought, in words the lawyer and applicant have not settled
- Must not sign, file or serve the application

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current form is used, and it is the family-violence form rather than a non-family restraining or personal protection form, or the reverse, as the facts require
- Confidential addresses are not on a document the other party will receive
- The lawyer has checked the current practice direction before any generative tool is used

## Authorities

- [Local Court of the Northern Territory, Application for a domestic violence order](https://localcourt.nt.gov.au/publications/application-domestic-violence-order-1)
- [Local Court publication PD 5A, Application for Domestic Violence Order (Word)](https://localcourt.nt.gov.au/sites/default/files/application_for_dvo_final_current_2024.docx)

## Official form

[Official form](https://localcourt.nt.gov.au/publications/application-domestic-violence-order-1)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by localcourt.nt.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## 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/form-nt-dvo 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.*