To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Both a Protected Person and a Respondent can seek a variation of the conditions of an existing Family Violence Intervention Order. The need to vary a Family Violence Intervention Order might be because the conditions have proved very difficult to live with, or if there has been a significant change in personal circumstances. My boyfriend and I had a really big argument and he got physical. It had never happened like that before. I called Police and they took out an IVO against him. I'd like to be