Family & Safety
Restraining orders
Restraining and protective orders are an important tool for abuse survivors. Learn more with our information and forms.
Learn your rights (6 resources)
Explains who is eligible to ask for an Order of Protection. Also includes what they can ask a judge to include in it. This is also called a "restraining order."
Guide
Explains what a Stalking No Contact Order (SNCO) is. Defines "stalking" and explains how an SNCO can help a victim.
Guide
Explains what an Order of Protection is and how it may be used to have someone stop harassing or contacting you.
Guide
Explains how to get legal protection as a victim of sexual assault and how to enforce or modify the order.
Guide
Forms (5 resources)
A program to help you ask the court to order someone to stop harming or threatening you or other household members.
Easy Form
A program to help you ask the court to order someone to stop harming or threatening you or other household members. Email your forms to the court. For use only in Cook County.
Easy Form
A program to help you ask the court to order a person who is stalking you to stay away and stop contacting you.
Easy Form
A program to help you ask the court to order an abuser to stay away from a victim, the victim's family, and home.
Easy Form
Other resources for the public (46 resources)
Explains the three kinds of Orders of Protection ("restraining orders") in Illinois. Includes when they are issued and how long they last.
Text article
Explains steps to get an Order of Protection, sometimes called a restraining order. Includes filling out forms and going to court.
How-To
Explains who is eligible to ask for an Order of Protection. Also includes what they can ask a judge to include in it. This is also called a "restraining order."
Guide
Steps with two options to respond to an Order of Protection filed against you from going to court to doing nothing.
How-To
Lawyer resources (13 resources)
This is a chapter in our Orders of Protection lawyer manual. It covers how to serve the respondent, as well as enforcement of the EOP.
Attorney Desk Reference Manual
This is a chapter in our Orders of Protection lawyer manual. It covers how a respondent can respond to being served with a Petition.
Attorney Desk Reference Manual
This is a chapter in our Orders of Protection lawyer manual. It covers what happens after a plenary OP is in effect, like how it can be terminated or modified.
Attorney Desk Reference Manual
This is a chapter in our Orders of Protection lawyer manual. It covers the hearing on the Emergency Order of Protection.
Attorney Desk Reference Manual