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Before you start

This will help you fill out the court forms to ask for a domestic violence restraining order in California. We ask each question once and fill in every form for you.

  • It's free to file. A judge usually decides on temporary orders the same day or the next business day.
  • Your court date is usually about three weeks later. A long-term order can last up to five years.
  • You can ask for an order even if you are not a U.S. citizen.
  • You must be 12 or older to ask on your own. These forms do not end a marriage.
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This version makes the filing forms (DV-100, DV-109, DV-110, CLETS-001, DV-900 for a phone transfer) and, if you ask for custody, the child custody forms (DV-105, DV-140, and DV-108 and DV-145 to prevent abduction). Child and spousal support requests need financial forms that are coming next.