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209A Plaintiff's Motion to Change an Abuse Prevention Order

If the plaintiff already has a domestic violence abuse prevention (restraining order), this interview can help ask the court to change or end it.

The change can be to add or remove restrictions. For example: you can use this interview to ask the judge to add protection for your pets if you did not include this in your original petition.

After you file the motion this interview makes, the court will schedule a hearing. It may take 1-2 weeks for the hearing where you can explain why you need the order changed or ended to the judge.

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Can I use this interview?

You can use this interview if you are the person who asked for the order and you no longer want the original order that the judge granted or you need to change or add the protections the judge originally granted.

Before you start

Before you start, it may help to have a copy of the original order that the judge granted.

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