Family Violence
Family violence matters often involve urgent safety concerns and difficult family dynamics, and Law Tram helps you connect with licensed Australian lawyers who can explain your rights, protections and available legal options. This obligation-free online service supports you in understanding intervention options, safety planning and how the law responds to family violence affecting adults and children.
Get confidential support for family violence matters
Family violence refers to abusive, threatening, or coercive behaviour by one family member towards another.
Unlike domestic violence, which typically refers to abuse between intimate partners, family violence includes harm caused by a parent, child, sibling, or extended family member. Under Australian law, family violence is not limited to physical abuse. It can also include emotional abuse, financial control, isolation, stalking, and damage to property.
Law Tram connects you with licensed Australian family lawyers who can offer tailored legal advice specific to your situation.
Law Tram's Legal Partners can help with various family violence matters
- Applying for or responding to Family Violence Orders (FVOs)
- Urgent safety concerns involving children or dependants
- Parenting arrangements where family violence is a factor
- Responding to allegations of family violence
- Breaches of existing protection orders
- Court proceedings involving child safety and risk assessments
- Family law advice following police or child protection involvement
- Advice on relocation, supervised contact, or no-contact orders
How it works
Confidential and Secure Questionnaire
Start by completing our secure online questionnaire. This step allows you to provide essential details about your family violence matter — safely and privately.
Confidential Legal Brief Creation
Law Tram’s advanced technology generates an anonymised legal brief summarising your situation while keeping your identity secure.
Review by Licensed Australian Family Violence Lawyers
Your anonymised legal brief is shared with our network of vetted family violence lawyers who review your matter and assess how they can assist.
Connect with a Lawyer
If a lawyer is able to help, they will contact you through the Law Tram platform. You remain in control of your contact details at all times.
No Obligation
You are under no pressure to retain a lawyer. Law Tram empowers you to make an informed decision when you’re ready.
Why choose Law Tram
- Connect with lawyers experienced in family violence matters
- Secure and private intake to outline your circumstances safely
- Fast guidance on protections, applications and safety steps
- No obligation to engage a lawyer unless you choose to proceed
- Lawyers help you understand your rights and available protections
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Take the first step toward resolution
Law Tram offers a secure, efficient and supportive way to connect with lawyers who understand the legal issues involved in family violence matters. Whether you need advice about immediate safety, court processes or responding to allegations, our platform helps you access tailored legal guidance before you proceed.
Take the first step with clarity and peace of mind by starting your free online consultation with Law Tram now.
Frequently Asked Questions
It includes behaviour that causes fear, harm, or control by one family member over another. Each state and territory defines it slightly differently, but the principles are similar across Australia.
Yes. Emotional abuse, coercive control, financial abuse, and other non-physical behaviours are recognised forms of family violence.
Yes. Courts must prioritise the safety of children. Evidence of family violence can significantly affect custody and contact decisions.
Law Tram supports both sides. If you've been served with a protection order or facing allegations, it’s important to understand your legal rights.
Yes. Your information is anonymised before any lawyer sees it. You remain in control of your personal details.
If you’re facing family violence, the first step is to ensure your safety. Consider seeking immediate help from local services or contacting the police. Law Tram can connect you with a family violence lawyer who can guide you through legal options, including restraining orders and protection orders.
Yes, family violence can significantly impact child custody arrangements. Courts take the safety and well-being of children very seriously, and family violence may affect decisions regarding parenting orders, including who the child will live with or have contact with.
Family violence victims have access to various legal protections, including intervention orders (protection orders) and the possibility of seeking compensation. A lawyer can help you navigate the legal options available to ensure your safety.
The length of a family violence case depends on various factors, including the complexity of the situation and the need for court involvement. Your lawyer will be able to provide an estimated timeline based on your specific circumstances.