Published 1 February 2023
About this self-help guide
If you or the police have applied for a personal safety intervention order to protect you from someone, this self-help guide is for you. It explains and guides you through the process of a mention hearing. A mention hearing is usually the first time you and the other person (called the respondent) attend court.
This self-help guide can help you:
- understand what a mention hearing is
- what you need to do at court
- consider your options and decide what is best, and safest, for you
- know what to say in court
- understand what will happen if you do not come to an agreement at your mention hearing
- get legal advice and other help if you need it.
This guide does not tell you how to apply for a personal safety intervention order or what happens at a contested hearing. For more information, please visit our page on personal safety intervention orders.
If you need protection from someone in your family, you can read our family violence publications.
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