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SELECTING THE RIGHT FORMS
You have several options for initiating a petition.

OUR RECOMMENDATION: You can fill out a worksheet online, or print out a blank worksheet and fill it out manually. Take the completed worksheet to your local victim services program or clerk of court's office to aid in completing the legal petition forms. You can view or download the actual legal forms to familiarize yourself with the questions asked and the relief available.

OR, you can print out the actual legal forms and fill them out manually. You will have to know which statute you wish to file under. Visit the Filing Steps page to help make that determination, then see "Petitions" below.

After reading this page, if you are still uncertain how to proceed, call your local domestic violence program.

PETITIONS
If you want to file a petition under the Domestic Abuse Assistance Act (La. R.S. 46:2131, et seq.), you will use Petition LPOR B.

If you want to file a petition under the Children's Code (La. Ch. C. Art. 1564, et seq.), you will use Petition LPOR C.

BUT! If you are filing a petition against your spouse under this statute, and your spouse has already filed for a legal action which has not yet been finalized (such as a divorce or a protective order against you, or other legal actions), you will use Petition LPOR BR, or Petition LPOR CR instead of LPOR B or LPOR C. This circumstance is called filing in reconvention.

NOTE: If you filed the legal action, such as a divorce, you can use Petition LPOR B or LPOR C - only use Petition LPOR BR or LPOR CR if the person you are filing against was the one who filed the legal action.

TIP: To help you fill out Petition LPOR B, Petition LPOR BR, Petition C. or Petition CR print out LPOR A- Instructions.

If you want to file a petition for a "Generic" Restraining Order (La. Code of Civil Proc. Article 3601, et seq.) you will use Petition LPOR O.

TIP: To help you fill out LPOR O, print out LPOR Z - Instructions.

OTHER FORMS
In addition to filling out a petition, there are several supplemental forms you can fill out as well.

LPOR H - Information for Service of Process Form

The abuser must be served by the sheriff’s office with a certified copy of the order and notice to come to court on the assigned day of the hearing. To assist the sheriff’s office in locating the defendant, fill out this form as completely as possible. This form can be used with any of the petitions.

LPOR F - Confidential Address Form

Available under the Domestic Abuse Assistance Act only. Your address will be kept private by the court and the abuser will not receive notice of where you are currently living if you submit this form with your petition. Use this form only with LPOR B, or LPOR C.

LPOR FR - Confidential Address Form (In Reconvention)

Available under the Domestic Abuse Assistance Act only. Use this form when the abuser is your spouse and has filed a legal action that has not yet been finalized. Your address will be kept private by the court and the abuser will not receive notice of where you are currently living if you submit this form with your petition. Use this form only with LPOR BR, or LPOR CR.

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