Family & Safety

Explore what domestic violence is and what acts may be considered domestic violence.

Explore what an Order of Protection is and how it can help a survivor of domestic violence.

Learn more about a domestic violence Order of Protection and how to get one.

Learn the steps to get a domestic violence Order of Protection.

This Easy Form helps you ask the court to order someone to stop harming or threatening you, your children, or other household members.

This Easy Form helps you ask the court to order someone to stop harming or threatening you, your children, or other household members. Email your forms to the court. For use only in Cook County.

Learn more about how to respond when a domestic violence Order of Protection is filed against you.

Learn more about what an Order of Protection is and how it affects someone if a petition for one is filed against you.

Learn more about options if a petition for an Order of Protection has been filed against you.

Learn more about ways to enforce a domestic violence Order of Protection.

Learn more about how a survivor of domestic violence can enforce their Order of Protection.

Learn more about the steps needed to enforce a domestic violence Order of Protection against an abuser who violates the order.

A brief video training that covers Orders of Protection, including emergency orders, plenary orders, and termination/extension of existing orders. This training is designed for volunteers in ILAO's Legal Answers program, but is suitable for anyone interested in this topic.