Restraining Orders

After you complete the application, return it to the clerk. The clerk will forward it to a judge, and the judge will consider your application. The judge may issue you a temporary order based only on what you wrote in your application, or the judge may wish to ask you some questions in person¹ during what is called an ex parte hearing. “Ex parte” means “from one side only.” In this hearing, only you are in front of the judge, not the abuser. You will explain to the judge why you fear the abuser and feel that you need a temporary order for protection.

¹ N.R.S. § 33.020(1)-(3)