保護令的主要目的在保護被害人免於受到暴力的威脅，但有證據顯示有異常動機者濫用或誤用保護令，使法官未能詳判而核發之。本研究之目的在探索婚姻暴力聲請保護令異常動機個案存在的原因。本研究採取以五位加害人為樣本，並以自編的訪談大綱為研究工具，以半結構式的深度訪談法獲得研究資料進行內容分析。本研究將異常動機個案分二類，即濫用與誤用保護令。研究發現，第一類之原因為妻為財產或妻有外遇而聲請，而第二類之原因為妻有精神異常而夫之暴力制止或強制送醫而聲請。最後並提出因應此類個案之建議。

The main purpose of the protect domestic violence victims from future abuse, but some evidences showed that the abnormally motivated cases did exist and the judges still issued the protection order for these cases. The purpose of this study is to explore the causes of these cases among marital violence. Five abusers among these cases were interviewed based on the in-depth interview method. Two types of abnormally motivated cases were used to differentiate the five cases. Type One abnormal case is that the victim might try to 'abuse' protection order for unjust purpose, and the Type Two abnormal case is the victim might have mental disorder and 'misuse' the protection order. This study found that the causes of Type One cases included that the victims intent to occupy the property belonged to abuser and the victims tried to cover up the extra-marital affair, and the cause of Type Two cases was the victims were mental disorder patients. The suggestions for dealing with these cases were also discussed in the end.