For Washingtonians trying to cut contact with their domestic abusers and stalkers, civil protection orders are often a necessary legal step. But the process of filing one can be tricky to navigate.

Washington’s Hope Card program has given out 2,000 wallet-sized, portable copies of protection orders, according to the program’s organizers. Launched Jan. 1, the program offers vulnerable adults and ...

A visiting judge denied Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley’s request for a pair of emergency civil protection orders this week after Foley claimed a former employee and a local activist both ...

Washington’s Hope Card program has given out 2,000 wallet-sized, portable copies of protection orders, according to the program’s organizers. Launched Jan. 1, the program offers vulnerable adults and ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The Louisiana Supreme Court has launched an initiative to develop a digital civil protection order portal for domestic violence survivors and other individuals seeking a civil ...