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Plaintiff Date Of Birth Defendant Date Of Birth
Defendant’s Full Physical Address: _____________________________________________________________
Complaint For Relief From Abuse
Relationship of the Parties
☐ Spouses ☐ Family Member (describe relationship) __________________
☐ Former Spouses ☐ Other (describe relationship) __________________
☐ Persons who are or have been living together or sharing occupancy
☐ Persons who are or have been engaged in a sexual relationship
☐ Persons who are or have been dating
Existing Court Order or Proceedings
Is there an existing order or a pending court proceeding involving you, the Defendant, and/or the child(ren) in
this Complaint?
No Yes No Yes
Divorce/Separation ☐ ☐ Civil Union Dissolution ☐ ☐
Relief from Abuse ☐ ☐ Criminal ☐ ☐
Parentage ☐ ☐ Guardianship ☐ ☐
Juvenile (DCF) ☐ ☐ Child Support ☐ ☐
State(s) __________________________________ County _____________________________________
Attorney for Plaintiff _______________________ Attorney for Defendant ________________________
Facts
1. ☐ On _____________________ Defendant did the following to:
(date of the most recent incident)
☐ Plaintiff ☐ Child(ren)
Names of Child(ren) ________________________________________________________________
☐ Attempted to cause or caused physical harm.
☐ Placed him/her/them in fear of imminent serious physical harm.
☐ Abused the child(ren) named above (physically injured or otherwise treated the child(ren) in a
manner which placed the child(ren’s) life, health, development or welfare in jeopardy.)
☐ Stalked ☐ Plaintiff and/or ☐ child(ren) named above as defined in 12 V.S.A. 5131(6) on
(date) __________ and (date) __________.
☐ Sexually assaulted ☐ Plaintiff and/or ☐ child(ren) named above as defined in 15 V.S.A. 5131(5)
2. ☐ There is a danger of further abuse to: ☐ Plaintiff and/or ☐ child(ren) named above.
3. ☐ Defendant is incarcerated and has been convicted of one of the crimes specified in 15 V.S.A. 1103
(c)(1)(B).
4. ☐ Plaintiff has been/will be forced from residence and will be without shelter unless Defendant is
ordered to leave the residence located at: _____________________________________________.
It is ☐ owned ☐ rented/leased in: ☐ Plaintiff’s name ☐ Defendant’s name
☐ Both ☐ Other
5. ☐ Plaintiff ☐ Defendant is a recipient of a Reach Up program.
400-00150C - Complaint for Relief from Abuse (07/2019)