---
title: "Victorian family violence tenancy application checklist"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/vic-family-violence-vcat-checklist"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a57-vic-family-violence-vcat-checklist"
area_id: "A57"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A57-N20261018-8", "A57-P20261018-9"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/vic-family-violence-vcat-checklist  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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

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.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Residential Tenancies](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies.md)
- Jurisdictions: Victoria
- AI level: 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: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Victoria.

## 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](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies/advise-a-tenant-ending-a-tenancy-because-of-domestic-or-family-violence.md)
- [Advise a landlord or agent who has received a family violence termination notice](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies/advise-a-landlord-or-agent-who-has-received-a-family-violence-terminatio.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Consumer Affairs Victoria, Changing the rental agreement because of family violence (orders, evidence, and the three-business-day hearing), last updated 8 December 2025](https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing/renting/family-violence-when-renting/changing-or-ending-the-rental-agreement)
- [Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (Vic) ss 91V, 142S, 142ZZ and 206AG, as named on that page. The Act was not opened.](https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/acts/residential-tenancies-act-1997)

## 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/residential-tenancies/vic-family-violence-vcat-checklist 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.*