Civil Protection Orders in DC (for domestic violence victims) A civil protection order is a civil order that protects you from abuse by a current or former spouse, domestic partner, intimate/dating partner, relative (by blood or marriage/domestic partnership),...
Civil Protection Orders in DC, what are they? A protection order is an order issued by the court that directs a person to refrain from committing a crime, threatening to commit a crime, abusing or harassing another person, or having any contact whatsoever with a...
