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Restraining Orders

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Actualizada: 
15 de noviembre de 2023

In what county do I file for the protective order?

You can file for an emergency protective order or a domestic violence order in the county where you live or a county to which you have fled in order to escape abuse.1 However, if you have left the home and want to keep the address where you are staying confidential, filing in that county would likely not be a good idea since it would alert the abuser to the fact that you are living in that county. A petition can be filed in district court, circuit court, or family court.2

1 KRS § 403.725(2)
2 KRS § 403.725(6)(a)