In the second half of 2018, the Centre for Innovative Justice at RMIT University (the CIJ) was engaged to conduct research in support of the implementation of Recommendation 77 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence (RCFV). This recognised that, where Family Violence Intervention Orders (FVIOs) are reached ‘by consent’, this does not necessarily occur as the result of a safe, supported or consistent process. This research was overseen by an Advisory Committee of individual representatives from the Department of Justice & Community Safety (DJCS), the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria (MCV), Victoria Police, Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) and a specialist Community Legal Centre (CLC). The commissioned research was entirely qualitative, given the lack of available court data at present, and predominantly relied on accounts obtained through the conduct of 61 focus groups and interviews with a total of 148 participants. This included with staff of specialist family violence services; as well as Magistrates, court staff, Court Network volunteers, Victoria Police, VLA and CLCs practising in and around six different court locations. 1 This also included practitioners from specialist family violence services and agencies which service particular cohorts in the community. The CIJ also conducted research with a targeted sample of Affected Family Members (AFMs) and respondents.2 The CIJ supplemented these personal and professional accounts with court observations at the relevant courts. Conducted by a team of six CIJ researchers, all of whom also have legal practice experience, the results of the research offer an in-depth and triangulated view of Consent Order practice in a range of locations, both regional and metropolitan, specialist and non-specialist.