Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) may provide a grant of legal assistance:
For a parent to initiate or respond to an application to revoke a protection order in the Children's Court (Family Division) where:
- there is a family reunification order
and - there are reasonable prospects of the child/ren being immediately placed in the care of a parent
For a child to initiate or respond to an application to revoke or vary a protection order in the Children's Court (Family Division) where:
- there is a family reunification order, care by secretary order or long-term care order
and - there are reasonable prospects of the revocation being made
Documentary requirements
Information to assist lawyers with the grants application and assessment process and documentary requirements is set out under the relevant guideline in Simplified Grants Process: Notes on the Guidelines.
Simplified grants assessment process
Grants to revoke a protection order are VLA assessed. Lawyers seeking a grant of legal assistance must submit an application via ATLAS, uploading the appropriate documents set out under the relevant guideline in Simplified Grants Process: Notes on the Guidelines and retaining on file the remaining documents set out in the notes.
Lawyers are also encouraged to complete a Children's Court (Family Division) worksheet for their file.
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