Domestic Violence Injunctions

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Divorced Couples

If your ex-wife or husband has an interest in the property, or an agreement allowing them to live in the property. Or the law says they are entitled to stay in the property for certain reasons, such as the property was intended to be your matrimonial home, you can apply for the following orders:

1. Non-Molestation Order - See married couples for definition.
2. Occupation Order - See married couples for definition

Such orders can be:

• An order stopping your ex-wife / husband from evicting or excluding you from the property or part of it.
• An order allowing you to enter the property and live there if you have previously been excluded.
• Impose a set of rules about living in the property.
• Take away your ex-wife / husband's right to live in the property or part of it.
• Order your ex-wife / husband to leave the property or part if it.
• Exclude your ex-wife / husband from an area around the property.

For a Power of Arrest - See married couples for definition.

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