File your application
You'll need:
- Two copies of your completed Application About a Protection Order (Form 12)
- To be prepared to attend your hearing that day with your witnesses, if you have them
Take your form and any supporting documents to a Provincial Court Registry. You'll file one copy and keep the other. Go to the registry:
- nearest to where you or the other person who needs protection lives;
- nearest to where the child(ren) ordinarily live, if you fear for the safety of your children or there are children named in an existing protection order; or
- where your existing Provincial Court case with the same parties is filed. If your situation is urgent and you need to file the application about a protection order in another location, the court can give you permission to file the application at any Provincial Court Registry in the province.
Tell the registry staff when you file your documents that you believe it would put you (and/or your children or other family members who you live with) in danger to let your partner know about your application. Make sure the registry staff know that you've asked for an urgent order without notice on the form.
Be prepared to tell the clerk at the registry about the abuse so they know that your situation is urgent. If the clerk agrees, they will make sure your application is heard that day and you won't have to serve the application on your partner.
Updated on 28 February 2023