Restraining Orders

An IAH lasts for one year from the date the abuser is served with a copy of the injunction.  If there are changes made to the injunction during the year that it is in effect, the changes become effective from the date the abuser is served with the new changed injunction.  However, the changed injunction expires one year from the date the original injunction was served, not from the date the changed injunction was served.¹ However, at any time while the injunction is in effect, the abuser can file a request for a hearing in order to oppose the injunction and ask the judge to dismiss it.²

For further information on hearings, how to have the defendant served, and what to do after you get the injunction, please see our section on Domestic Violence Orders of Protection.

¹ A.R.S. § 12-1809(J)
² A.R.S. § 12-1809(H)