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The Domestic Violence Division, located in Room 4510 of the Moultrie Courthouse, handles: Civil Protection Orders, Anti-Stalking Orders, Extreme Risk Protection Orders, and all misdemeanor criminal cases involving an 'intra-family offense.'
To learn more about requesting a Civil Protection Order, an Anti-Stalking Order, or an Extreme Risk Protection Order, click here.
For information regarding the new Intra Family Offenses Act of 2020 and changes to the Division, click here.
FORMS: You can access fillable forms and submit by email to DVD [at] dcsc.gov here. For access to all of the Domestic Violence Division Forms, please click here.
Presiding Judge: Hon. Maribeth Raffinan
Deputy Presiding Judge: Hon. Elizabeth Carroll Wingo
Moultrie Courthouse
500 Indiana Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20001
Monday-Friday:
8:30 am to 5:00 pm
(Hearings on Temporary Protection Order Requests, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm)
Rita Blandino, Director
(202) 879-0157