Domestic violence victim has four-month-long wait for decision on occupational order

An East Coast woman is terrified and at her wit’s end as her attempt to have her abusive husband removed from their home has been put on hold for four months after Magistrate Alex Moore gave the man that time to decide whether he wanted to leave the home or challenge the application for an occupational order.

It was after more than 20 years of mental, physical and emotional abuse that the woman sought to have some redress under the Domestic Violence Act and applied for several protection orders restraining her husband from verbally abusing her,