You apply for it on behalf of yourself, with your son (husband and other children) as associated people. This is one option.
Or you apply for it on behalf of your son (if the main complaints are assaults on him), with yourself and the rest of your family as associated people.
It needs to be a Victims of Stalking complaint. Make sure you can show a pattern of abusive behaviour that is likely to occur again.
Thanks Divvy, I'm a bit confused on how it works though as up until now the police havn't been able to do anything because we've never been able to prove it was him. So if the AVO was granted and say something happened again, we still can't prove it was him, if that makes sense. Would the police be able to arrest him if he broke the AVO but we can't prove he did it?
He wouldn't be allowed to come within a certain distance of you, your son, your house. If you saw him within that distance, then you would need to report it to the police and they may charge him.
Go see the worker at Court and they should be able to assist you. Certainly the threats against your son (provided you have evidence of them) should be enough.
The threats to kill were made via phone and from a private number. The first call I answered and I recognised his voice the second DH answered. We don't really have evidence as such.
Hugs Dianne, you need to do this for you and your family's safety. Unfortunately, it may be the only way this kid will stop his behaviour and if it works then in the long run it has done him a favour and hopefully made himself get his life back on track. His poor mum obviously doesn't have any other options left in regards to disciplining him. I hope things improve for you. Good luck x
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