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I heard that there is a law to protect family members from violence. What is the law?
Which family members does the Act protect?
How do I know if the kind of violence I have experienced is covered by the Act?
Is mental abuse or threats included in the definition of family violence?
Last Saturday night my husband came home drunk at 1 a.m. and started arguing, threatening and hitting me. I waited until Sunday morning and left the house. I went to a shelter where the staff told me that I do not have to wait until the courts are open on Monday to get a restraining order. Instead I can get an emergency protection order at any time. Is this right?
How would I find a judge or justice of the peace in the middle of the night?
Does my husband have to know that I am applying for an emergency protection order?
How will the judge decide whether or not to make an order?
I am 67 and live with my daughter and son-in-law. My son-in-law terrorizes the household. He never lets me go out and makes me sign my pension cheques over to him. Sometimes I am alone in my room for days. What can I do?
If I leave my son-in-law's house in an emergency situation and go to a shelter or to a friend's house, how will I be able to get my personal belongings out of the house? I would be too scared to go back by myself. Can the emergency protection order help?
How long will I be protected by the order?
How will my husband know that an order has been made against him? Do I have to give him a copy?
I know that the press and media sometimes are looking for interesting stories at the courthouse. I would hate my children to see their names in the paper. Is there anything I can do about that?
My husband has a habit of disappearing for lengths of time after a violent incident. Suppose the police cannot find him. Does that mean that the emergency protection order has no effect because they cannot give him a copy?
My son-in-law says there is no way he is going to put up with an emergency protection order not allowing him in his own house. He says he is going to go to court to get the order taken off. Can he do this?
What happens when the Queen's Bench judge reviews the emergency protection order?
Will I need to have a lawyer when I go to the review of the emergency protection order in Court of Queen's Bench?
I am fearful of my uncle who lives with us because of threats he has made and violence that has taken place in the past. How can I prevent him from being in my home?
Do I have to have a lawyer for the hearing before the Queen's Bench judge?
Are the court fees for making applications under the Protection Against Family Violence Act very expensive?
Can a Queen's Bench judge make a different kind of order than a judge or justice making an emergency protection order?
Can a protection order make my husband pay the mortgage on the house or pay maintenance to me?
How long can a Queen's Bench Protection Order exist?
What can I do to protect myself once the order has been made?
What can happen if the respondent does not keep to the terms of the order?
I have a protection order saying that my father has to stay away from me. I have felt really bad about what happened and last week I went to see him. My friend says that because I contacted him, he can now apply to get the order taken off. Is this right?
What happens if my husband goes to my daughter's school in breach of the emergency protection order?
My boyfriend and I were living in an apartment that was rented in his name. Under a protection order the judge gave me exclusive possession of the apartment for six months. My boyfriend says that he will tell the landlord and have me evicted. Can he do this?
I am really worried about my sister. I have suspected for some time that her husband abuses her. I have been trying to speak to her for the last week but her husband says she is too busy. When I went to her house today her husband would not let me in and I am sure I heard my sister crying. Is there anything I can do?
What does a warrant permitting entry allow the police to do?
Once the police find my sister will they arrest her husband?
I obtained a protection order against my husband in Alberta last month. I then moved to British Columbia. Now my husband has found me and is hanging around my house. Can I call the police to enforce the order I obtained?
My sister has been living with us since she left her marriage. I have seen her hitting her children often and I find it very upsetting. I am at the point where I am wondering if I should apply for protection for the children. Could I do that under the Protection Against Family Violence Act?
At this point I would just like to get some information about family violence. Where can I go?
Why would I use a protection order under the Protection Against Family Violence Act rather than a restraining order or peace bond?