Queensland Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 - SECT 67

67 Condition for protection of unborn child

(1) This section applies if an aggrieved is pregnant when a domestic violence order for the benefit of the aggrieved is made.

(2) The court may impose a condition that—

(a) takes effect when the child is born; and

(b) requires the respondent to be of good behaviour towards the child, not commit associated domestic violence against the child, and not expose the child to domestic violence.

(3) The court may impose the condition if the court is satisfied that the aggrieved is pregnant and the order is necessary or desirable to protect the child from associated domestic violence, or being exposed to domestic violence, once the child is born.

(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the court may impose the condition whether or not the respondent is the father of the child.