in general the process is filling out a

petition

uh with a with a detailed affidavit of

all of the allegations

and laying out what you know what has

happened um you know more recent

are more important typically to a court

but laying out the whole history

that petition goes to a judge

and very often a judge will review it

and sign an emergency order

and that gets people separated

immediately very often the sheriff will

take that order

serve it on the uh you know the abusive

spouse

they will then be very often ordered to

vacate the home

give up their keys

they can collect some you know basic

personal items and they’re they’re

directed out of the house

then after that initial

emergency is addressed there’s a formal

hearing

at which the person can admit the

allegations

deny the allegations or agree that an

order can be issued without admitting or

denying

if that doesn’t resolve things then the

case is set for a trial and sometimes

the trial is that same day but very

often it’s set for another day when the

judge has more time to deal with it and

in a trial like like you’d expect both

sides tell their story to the court um

and it’s a fairly you know formal

structured process and then the judge

makes a ruling