Statutes | 4 HCC § 5 Chapter III § 13 | 2020
a. Prior to the expiration of a final order for protection, the petitioner may apply for a modification of the order for protection that will extend the time period that the order for protection is effective.
b. The Court may, in its discretion, issue a final order for protection extending the duration to a permanent duration, particularly if the petitioner has been subject to domestic abuse which required hospitalization, or which resulted in life threatening injuries, significant disfigurement, impairment, or disability.
c. If there has been no violation of the existing order for protection prior to the application for extension, the Court will take this fact as evidence of the effectiveness of the order for protection in assuring the safety of the petitioner. The Court may not use the fact that there have been no violations of the order for protection to determine that no further need for the order exists.