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Who is Eligible to Get a Domestic Violence Protection Order?
If the Judge Issues a Temporary Protection Order Against You:
You should obey all of the terms of that eOrder. Remember that the order restricts your behavior not the other person’s behavior, so it is up to you to make sure that you comply with the eOrder (for example, if the judge orders you to stay away, you have to make sure you are not near them, they do not have to change their behavior so that they are not near you).
If you want to file an answer and respond to the charges made in the request for the order, you should go to the Domestic Violence Clerk’s Office, in room 4510 of the Moultrie Courthouse, at 500 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington DC or the Greater Southeast Intake Center, at 1328 Southern Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20032 to file a response.
Click Here to Start Your Online InterviewPlease use this link if you want to reopen your request for a protection order.
Click Here to Start Your Online InterviewPlease use this link if you need to change the court date.
Click Here to Start Your Online InterviewPlease use this link if you wish to change the protection order, keep the order in place longer, or get rid of the order.
Click Here to Start Your Online InterviewPlease use this link if an order was filed against you in your absence and you wish to get rid of it.
Click Here to Start Your Online InterviewPresiding Judge: Hon. Maribeth Raffinan
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, Acting Director
(202) 879-0157