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DV- 720 How Do I Ask the Court to Renew My Restraining Order? What does ''renew'' mean? The clerk or judge will set a hearing date. • If the judge ''renews'' your Restraining Order After Hearing (Form DV- 1 3 0), it will have a new end date. You must go to the hearing. Form DV-710 will tell you when and where it will be. • The order will last longer than the current orde r. When do I ask for the renewal? Before your current Form DV-130 ends. How long can the new order last? There is no limit on the number of years it can last. The order can be permanent. How much does it cost? Nothin g. Do I have to go to court? Yes. Go to court on the date the clerk gives you. If you do not, your order will end. Fill out: • DV-700 (Request to Renew Restraining Orde r) • DV-7 I 0 (Notice of Heani ng to Renew Restraining Order) Personally serve the restrained person with a copy of: • DV-700 (Request to Renew Restraining Order) What next? • DV-7 I 0 (Notice of Hearing to Renew Restraining • Make at least two copies of those forms. Orde r) • Attach a copy of your current Restraining Order After Heani ng (DV- 1 3 0) to Form DV-700. • Your current DV- 1 3 0 (Restraining Order After Hearing) Take your forms to the court clerk. • MC-030 (Declaration) - Leave it blank for the restrained person to answer. The clerk will give your forms to the judge for signature. Sometimes the judge may want to talk to you. If so, the clerk will tell you. For information on ''Service,'' read Forn DV-2 I 0. Someone over 18 - not you or anyone protected by the restraining order - can serve the order. This is not a Court Order. Judicial Council of California DV- 720, Page 1 of 2 New January 1, 2004 1 32 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 How Do I Ask the Court to Renew My Restraining Order? (Domestic Violence Prevention) el ectr onic form WWW.LawCA.co m L a w P u b l i s h e r s DV- 720 How Do I Ask To Renew My Restraining Order? File your Proof of Service. File your Proof of Service. • The Proof of Service shows the judge that the restrained person knows about the heaning date. Make 5 copies of the completed Proof of Service (Form DV-200 or DV-250). • Make 5 copies of the oniginal Proof of Service. • Take the oniginal and the copies to the court Mail or take the on ginal and the copies to the court clerk. The clerk will file the ofiginal and give you back the copies stamped ''Filed.''clerk at least 2 days before your heaning. The clerk will file the oniginal and give you back the copies stamped ''Filed.'' Keep one copy with you and another in a safe place in case you need to show it to the police.• Ask the clerk if he or she will enter it into The court will send the Proof of Service to law CLETS, a computer system that lets police all over the state know about your renewal request. enforcement for you. That way, police across the state know that the restrained person knows about the orders. • If the clerk cannot enter it into CLETS, take one copy to your local police. They will put the information into the state computer system. Go to the court hearing. At the heaning, the judge will decide whether or not to renew the order. If the judge renews the order at the hearing ... • Fill out a new Form DV-130 (Restraining Order After Hearing), and give it to the clerk. The judge will sign it. • The clerk will file the original and give you up to 5 stamped copies. • If the restrained person was at the hearing, you can have him or her served with a copy of DV- 1 3 0 by mail. Ask the server to complete Form DV-250 and give it to you. • If the restrained person was not at the hearing, you must have someone serve DV-130 in person, not by mail. Ask the server to complete Form DV-200 and give it to you. This is not a Court Order. New January 1, 2004 How Do I Ask the Court to Renew My Restraining Order? (Domestic Violence Prevention) DV-720, Page 2 of 2••••1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 el ectr onic form WWW.LawCA.co m L a w P u b l i s h e r s