Walk It Through: The Protective Order
A petition, an order the same day, a hearing within 21 days, and an order that cannot just be withdrawn.
After abuse at home, a cohabitant files a petition for a protective order.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A cohabitant abuse protective order. Stalking injunctions, criminal protective orders, and child protective orders follow other parts of the chapter.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.