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Step 3: Service of process

The abuser will have to be served with the summons, complaint, notice of hearing, and the TRO. When you fill out your petition, you can check the box that asks the police to serve your order if this is what you prefer. If you don’t check it, you can hire a process server to serve the papers.

You may want to give the police or process server a picture of the abuser as well as any information you have that will help them locate him/her. The abuser must receive notice of the hearing. If the abuser does not receive notice, the hearing will be rescheduled. In addition, if a TRO was granted, the abuser must be served with the order for it to be in effect and be enforced.

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