When Conor Pall turned 18, he should have been studying for his year 12 exams. Instead, he was preparing for court.
In January 2021, his mother had successfully applied for a family violence intervention order (FVIO) protecting them both. But when Pall became a legal adult in June, that protection no longer applied to him – a fact he only learned when he tried to report a breach of the order to police. That order has since expired.
