---
title: "Family violence restraining order or violence restraining order (WA Magistrates Court information and application): completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-wa-fvro"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a53-form-wa-fvro"
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"
---

# Family violence restraining order or violence restraining order (WA Magistrates Court information and application): completion guide

> Link to the Magistrates Court of Western Australia information and application for a family violence restraining order or a violence restraining order. The form asks for a short account of the respondent's behaviour.…

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

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

Link to the Magistrates Court of Western Australia information and application for a family violence restraining order or a violence restraining order. The form asks for a short account of the respondent's behaviour. The lawyer writes that account.

## 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: Western Australia
- 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 magistratescourt.wa.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Western Australia.

## When to use it

Use when preparing an application in the Magistrates Court of Western Australia for a family violence restraining order or a violence restraining order under the Restraining Orders Act 1997 (WA). The behaviour summary is filed content. A tool must not write it.

## 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 check the application against the Court's PDF and list gaps; the lawyer writes the summary of the respondent's behaviour and every ground. No form number is printed in the title.

**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

- [Magistrates Court of Western Australia, Information for an application for a family violence restraining order or violence restraining order](https://www.magistratescourt.wa.gov.au/_files/application_family_violence_restraining_order.pdf)
- [Restraining Orders Act 1997 (WA), as named on the application for personal service](https://www.magistratescourt.wa.gov.au/_files/application_family_violence_restraining_order.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.magistratescourt.wa.gov.au/_files/application_family_violence_restraining_order.pdf)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by magistratescourt.wa.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-wa-fvro 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.*