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Laws current as of July 30, 2024

Step 2: A judge will review your petition and may issue an ex parte order.

After you finish filling out your petition, bring it to the court clerk. The clerk will forward it to a judge. The judge may ask you questions as they review your petition and decide whether or not to issue you an ex parte order. The judge must believe that you are in immediate danger of being abused based on your affidavit or your statements.1 If the judge does not give you an ex parte order, the judge must schedule a hearing within 14 days where you and the abuser can be present. You will then have a chance to prove that the order should be issued, and the abuser can try to prove that it shouldn’t be issued.2

1 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 26-109(1)(a)
2 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 26-108(1)(a)

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