WHAT HELP IS AVAILABLE AT NIGHT, ON WEEKENDS OR WHEN THE COURTHOUSE IS CLOSED?
In case of an emergency or if you’ve been assaulted, contact your local police department. If you are in immediate and present danger of abuse, a petition for protection from abuse may be filed with a district justice, or in Philadelphia, before a Municipal Court Judge. If the hearing officer believes that you are in immediate danger, he/she can grant you an emergency protection from abuse order. The hearing officer will then advise you on what procedures need to be followed to obtain a final protection from abuse order.
