The Aboriginal Family Law Service can assist you prepare an application for a FVRO and will apply to the Court for an interim FVRO. If the other party opposes the making of a final FVRO they will assist you at a hearing.

The Aboriginal Family Law Services can assist people with their family law matters when there are children involved. They will represent clients in the Family Court WA, however much of their work involves helping clients to work out parenting agreements. Here are some things they can help with:

• Assistance in child matters
• Negotiating parenting arrangements
• Family Court applications
• Recovery Orders
• Parenting Arrangements
• Contested & Consent Orders
• Advice for grandparents and other family rights

Legal Aid WA provides a wide range of services for family law and children’s matters. Services include:

• Legal representation by lawyers for children and young people in the Family Court and in the Children’s Court
• Legal representation by lawyers in the Family Court, in child protection proceedings in the Children’s Court, and in defended hearings for family violence restraining orders in the Magistrates’ Court
• Dispute resolution services within family law and child protection proceedings
• Assistance to both carers of children and those who have to pay child support
• Needing legal advice or representation with criminal charges
• Who have been arrested as a suspect by police
• Wanting help with an appeal against conviction or sentence