Family Injunctions
Family Injunctions
We understand the stress and worry that an injunction order can cause.
Our experienced team of injunction lawyers is here to help to help you and provide, clear straight-talking advice and to act swiftly to protect you whether you are the one seeking the injunction or the party that is the subject of an injunction.
Sadly in some relationships, whether people are married or not, forms of violence and abuse arise.
Sometimes this may impact upon any children of the relationship as well.
Injunction Orders
In these cases it might well be necessary to seek an injunction from the court to restrain the partner who is causing the difficulty.
These are known as Domestic Violence Injunctions and are either Non-Molestation Injunctions where the individual is ordered not to harass, pester or inflict violence upon the other or Occupation Injunctions whereby one partner is ordered to leave the jointly occupied home or the other partner is granted an Order to return having been forced out.
A non-molestation order can also be used to keep a person away from a particular place such as the area around where they live or their workplace. Typically, a non-molestation order with be made for 6 – 12 months, although it is possible to apply for further orders.
Court Orders
Dutton Gregory Injunction Solicitors are vastly experienced in dealing with these sorts of unhappy and difficult situations. We can act quickly and urgently and usually the first Court Order is obtained without giving notice to the other party to avoid any repercussions when someone realises that legal action is being taken against them.
We should make it clear however that an Order requiring someone to leave their home is very rarely granted without giving notice to them. This would only apply in the most extreme of circumstances, although if the person has already left the home the courts are much more ready to grant an Order refusing them re-entry until they have had an opportunity to put their own case.
Occupation Orders
Occupation orders are intended to determine temporary living arrangements to give the parties time to organise where they will live and how they will divide their time. Occupation order can be made for up to 6 months but it is possible to apply for further orders.
These sorts of Orders can be obtained by married and non-married couples and against people who do not form part of an intimate relationship (such as relations who may live with you). They can also be obtained against former partners where perhaps the separation may have occurred some time before but a problem then arises.
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