- Civil Protection Orders: A Guide for Improving Practice
- Supplement to Civil Protection Orders: Community Supervision
- Supplement to Civil Protection Orders: Court Staff/Court Administration
- Spotlight on Promising Practices Around Civil Protection Orders: DeKalb County Compliance Review Docket
- Custody and Visitation in Civil Protection Orders: Guiding Principles and Suggested Practices for Courts and Communities
- Civil Protection Order Process: Considerations for Safe and Effective Responses by Courts to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Full Faith and Credit: A Passport to Safety, A Judge’s Guide
- Resources for Petitioners: Service of Process in Another State
- Civil Protection Orders: Strategies for Safe and Effective Service of Process
- Improving Safety and Privacy in Civil Protection Order Cases: In-Person and Virtual Court Considerations
- Frequently Asked Questions about Electronic Filing in Cases Involving Domestic Violence
- Collaboration to Improve Civil Protection Order Systems
- A Guide for Improving Practice – Issues in Focus
Additional Technical Assistance Resources
Additional NCJFCJ Publications
This publication is an update to the Issues in Focus section of the Civil Protection Orders: A Guide for Improving Practice, also known as the CPO Guide. The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court…
Collaboration is a fundamental element of creating and sustaining lasting change in the civil protection order (CPO) system. According to the NCJFCJ’s Civil Protection Orders: A Guide for Improving Practice (CPO Guide), collaboration helps to…
For civil protection orders to be enforced, they must first be served on the respondent. While most states require that protection orders be personally served on the respondent, this can often prove to be a…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many courts have expanded electronic access to filing certain types of cases by self-represented litigants, including for victims seeking protection orders. This publication looks at some of the frequently asked questions…
Many victims of domestic violence seek court-ordered safety measures to prevent and mitigate violence and abuse in their lives. During the COVID-19 pandemic, courts implemented general safety measures for in-person hearings and expanded the use…
This document answers frequently asked questions relating to firearms and civil protection orders. Main topics include enforcement of jurisdiction and federal protection order laws, suggested collaboration efforts, information regarding a respondent’s access to firearms, addressing…
This document provides a checklist of strategies for judges to improve the response to firearms in civil protection order cases. Main topics include steps to assemble multi-disciplinary collaborative teams, mapping the civil protection process to…
This document contains summaries of published state court decisions of interest related to a rebuttable presumption against awarding sole or joint custody to a parent who has engaged in domestic violence against the other parent.…
This document contains summaries of published state court decisions of interest related to civil protection orders, their issuance, and their enforcement for the year 2019. While most of these summaries are brief, containing only the…
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