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Where to file for a protective order?

April 26, 2017battered women child abuse domestic violence file Legal Protective Services victims

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Where to file for a protective order?

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This new statute is very clear on this point. Any court of record has jurisdiction to issue a civil order for protection. “A petition for an order for protection must be filed in the county in which the: (1) the petitioner currently or temporarily resides; (2) respondent resides; or (3) domestic or family violence occurred. There is no minimum residency requirement to petition for an order of protection. • New rules apply: An order for protection is in addition to, and not instead of, another available civil or criminal proceeding. A petitioner is not barred from seeking an order because of another pending proceeding. A court may not delay granting relief because of the existence of a pending action between the petitioner and respondent. When a court considers an emergency ex parte petition for an order of protection, the court shall immediately consider the petition and then transfer the matter to the court in which the other case is pending. A court may not deny a petitioner relief s