Western Australian Current Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 235A

235A .         Injunctions relating to de facto relationships — FLA s. 114

        (1)         A person may institute proceedings in a court for an injunction in relation to a matter arising out of a de facto relationship and the court hearing the proceedings may make an order or grant an injunction as it considers proper with respect to the proceedings, including —

            (a)         an injunction for the personal protection of a de facto partner; or

            (b)         an injunction restraining a de facto partner from entering or remaining in —

                  (i)         the home previously shared by the de facto partners; or

                  (ii)         a de facto partner’s principal place of residence; or

                  (iii)         a place of residence or work of a de facto partner; or

                  (iv)         a specified area that contains a place of a kind referred to in this paragraph;

                or

            (c)         an injunction in relation to the property of a de facto partner; or

            (d)         an injunction relating to the use or occupancy of the home previously shared by the de facto partner.

        (2)         In any proceedings under this Act (other than proceedings to which subsection (1) applies) the court hearing the proceedings may grant an injunction with respect to a matter to which the proceedings relate, by interlocutory order or otherwise, in any case in which it appears to the court to be just or convenient to do so.

        (3)         An injunction or order under this section may be granted unconditionally or on such terms and conditions as a court considers appropriate.

        (4)         If a de facto partner is a bankrupt, a court may, on the application of the other de facto partner, by interlocutory order, grant an injunction under this section restraining the bankruptcy trustee from declaring and distributing dividends amongst the bankrupt’s creditors.

        (5)         If a de facto partner is a debtor subject to a personal insolvency agreement, a court may, on the application of the other de facto partner, by interlocutory order, grant an injunction under this section restraining the trustee of the agreement from disposing of (whether by sale, gift or otherwise) property subject to the agreement.

        (6)         Subsections (4) and (5) do not limit the rest of this section.

        [Section 235A inserted: No. 25 of 2002 s. 48; amended: No. 28 of 2022 s. 30.]