Checklist · Residential Tenancies
Victorian family violence tenancy application checklist
A checklist for a Victorian VCAT application to change or end a rental agreement because of family violence. It lists the orders and the kinds of evidence the page names. It does not contain anyone's account of the violence.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Victoria
- AI use
- Red You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Victoria.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a person is preparing a Victorian VCAT application to take a new agreement without the violent person, or to leave early without break-lease compensation, or when a rental provider has received that application. Do not use it as the application, a witness statement, or a statutory declaration.
Used for these tasks
- Advise a tenant ending a tenancy because of domestic or family violence
- Advise a landlord or agent who has received a family violence termination notice
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 document references against the evidence categories the page names. It must not write the person's account, a child's account, or any sentence that will be filed or said at VCAT.
AI may
- List which of the two orders is being asked for, in the lawyer's words, as a heading only
- Index documents already on the file against the categories the page lists, by document type and date
- Diary the hearing as within 3 business days, or the next available day after those 3 business days
- Note, for a provider, the condition-report, inspection, bond and lock points the page states
AI must not
- Must not write what happened, a chronology, or a child's circumstances
- Must not draft the VCAT application, a statement, an affidavit, or submissions
- Must not decide that family violence occurred, or that an order should be made
- Must not put a person's or a child's name into an unapproved tool in order to generate the story
The lawyer checks
- Nothing in the working papers is a draft of the evidence. The index is document references only
- The applicant's standing is checked: the page says a person can apply even if they are not on the agreement, and a parent or guardian can apply for children they live with
- The hearing date is taken from VCAT once allocated, not calculated as a promise
- A provider who changes locks does not give a key to the excluded person, and the excluded person may have a representative at an inspection
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
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