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Our offices - Victoria Legal Aid
Melbourne offices. Suburban offices. Regional offices. Depending on your circumstances, you may be able to make an appointment at one of our offices to see a lawyer for free legal advice. Call us on 1300 792 387. All correspondence should be directed to –. Victoria Legal Aid GPO Box 4380 Melbourne VIC 3001. We prefer to keep digital records.
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Helping Victorians with their legal issues | Victoria Legal Aid
First Nations-led solutions vital for transformational change for young people. Read about our submission to the Senate inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system. We provide free legal information and advice to Victorians. Read our website, chat to us online or call our Legal Help team.
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Family law - Victoria Legal Aid
More information. Our work in family, youth and children’s law aims to help people resolve family disputes and achieve safe, workable and child-focused parenting and care arrangements. This also involves helping parents to build the capacity to resolve future disputes without legal assistance. We offer free legal advice and in some cases ...
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Family violence and family violence intervention orders
Police can apply for an intervention order if they believe family violence has occurred. They can do this even if family members do not ask for it. Conditions in an intervention order are rules that the respondent must follow. Breaching an intervention order is serious and could result in a criminal record.
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Divorce, separation and marriage annulment | Victoria Legal Aid
Divorce is the official ending of marriage. You must satisfy the court that: there is no chance of reconciling your marriage. Annulment happens when a judge decides that there was no legal marriage. Getting a divorce or having a marriage annulled does not sort out issues relating to children or property. These arrangements must be made separately.
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Going to court to get a divorce - Victoria Legal Aid
The date the divorce order becomes final is the actual date of divorce. You cannot get remarried until the final order is made. In exceptional cases the court can order a shorter waiting period between the two steps. A copy of the divorce order is sent to you by post. You should keep it in a safe place as it is your proof of divorce.
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Where you can get free legal advice | Victoria Legal Aid
Our lawyers regularly visit the mental health inpatient units of hospitals in Melbourne, Bendigo, Dandenong and Geelong. They also visit the following locations across Victoria to provide free legal advice. To find out when we are visiting and what legal problems we can help you with, call us on 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8 am to 6 pm.
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Family Dispute Resolution Service | Victoria Legal Aid
If you would like to provide feedback or have a complaint about Victoria Legal Aid Family Dispute Resolution Service you can contact us on 1800 136 832 or email fdrs@vla.vic.gov.au or complete our online feedback form.
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Divorce - Victoria Legal Aid
Divorce is the official ending of a marriage. When a divorce order is made final, you can remarry. The only requirement for a divorce is the ‘irretrievable breakdown’ of the marriage. This is proved by both spouses having been separated for 12 months with no likelihood of getting back together. Your partner does not have to agree to the ...
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Parenting arrangements and child contact | Victoria Legal Aid
As a parent, you have ongoing responsibilities for your children. This applies even if you are separated, divorced, re-married, re-partnered or have never lived together. The law encourages parents and other people interested in the welfare of children to try to agree on arrangements for children, if the parents separate or do not live together.
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