DVI-1.015 (07/2019) Page 3 of 7 Petition
1. The first provision asks the court to restrain the respondent from causing physical harm, bodily injury,
assault, including sexual assault, and from molesting, harassing, threatening or stalking you and/or the
children you name.
2. The second provision asks the court to restrain the respondent from harassing, following, keeping under
surveillance, including cyberstalking, or from using telephonic, audiovisual or other electronic means to
monitor the actions, locations or communications of you and/or the minors listed in paragraph 5, only the
minors you name in this provision. You may also ask for protection in this provision for the victim’s adult
children and/or any of the victim’s household members. Write in the names of the adult children or
household members in the space provided.
3. The third provision asks the court to restrain the respondent from contacting you and/or the children you
name.
4. The fourth provision asks the court to exclude the respondent from your home, workplace, school or the
minor’s day care or school. If there is someplace else you want to include, add it to the box called “other.”
You have a right to keep your residential address confidential (secret). This restraint provision in the
temporary order and in the full order has a space for you to write in your residential address. You are not
required to write in your residential address if you are concerned with your safety or with identity theft.
However, enforcement of the order may be easier if your address is included. If you decide to include
your address, please list the complete address, including the city.
5. The fifth provision asks the court to order the respondent to vacate the home the two of you share and to
give you exclusive rights to the home.
6. The sixth provision asks the court to prohibit the respondent from knowingly coming within or knowingly
remaining within a specified distance (e.g. 100 feet, 2 blocks) of your home, workplace or school; or the
minor’s day care or school. If there is someplace else you want to include, add it to the box called “other.”
7. The seventh provision asks the court to grant you possession of essential personal belongings. Please
list the personal belongings. (“Essential personal belongings” means those items necessary for a person's
immediate health, welfare, and livelihood. “Essential personal belongings” includes but is not limited to
clothing, cribs, bedding, documents, medications, and personal hygiene items. (RCW 26.50.010(7))
8. The eighth provision asks the court to grant you use of a vehicle (i.e., blue 1994 Ford Taurus, License
Number XYZ123).
9. The ninth provision, “Other,” is where you may list something not mentioned in the above provisions.
If There Are No Minors Involved Do Not Check Provisions 10, 11, and 12.
If You Are Requesting Restraint Provisions Involving Minors Check the Boxes in 10, 11, and 12.
10. The tenth provision asks the court to grant (give) you the temporary care, custody and control of the
children you name, subject to any visitation with the respondent the court may order.
11. The eleventh provision asks the court to restrain the respondent from interfering with your custody of the
children you name.
12. The twelfth provision asks the court to restrain the respondent from removing the listed children from the
state.
Additional Requests