However, you may be required to file separate applications for each child. Ask the district court clerk or a domestic violence program on how to include them. It is important to know the protection orders do not establish temporary custody or child support. As such, if you do not have legal custody and believe your abuser may attempt to take the children, you may also want to proceed with divorce, legal separation or other court action which can establish temporary custody and child support. If you decide you no longer need the order, you will need to contact the court to ask for the order be withdrawn.
Protection orders remain in effect until they are removed by a court action.
Some batterers are life endangering. Obsessiveness about partner or family. If the loss of the battered woman represents or precipitates a total loss of hope for a positive future, a batterer may choose to kill. Drug or Alcohol Consumption. Consumption of drugs or alcohol when in a state of despair or fury can elevate risk of lethality.