---
title: "Prepare the affidavit in support of a restraining order"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-the-statement-in-support-of-the-protection-order-application/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A53-X20260927-4-US"
practice_area: "Family Violence & Protection Orders"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Prepare the affidavit in support of a restraining order

> Index the incidents the client has already described, with dates and documents. Write no sentence of the affidavit or of any testimony.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-the-statement-in-support-of-the-protection-order-application/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Family Violence & Protection Orders](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | Index the incidents the client has already described, with dates and documents. Write no sentence of the affidavit or of any testimony. |
| What the lawyer must review | Family Code section 6300 requires an affidavit or testimony showing reasonable proof of a past act or acts of abuse. The court may act on the affidavit or testimony of the person asking for the order alone. That account is the person's. You take it. The tool does not compose it, smooth it, or add incidents. The Judicial Council self-help page points to the forms that carry the request. A generated narrative filed as the affidavit is a false document. Opinion 512 and Model Rule 1.6. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the statement in support of the protection order application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-the-statement-in-support-of-the-protection-order-application.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Index the incidents the client has already described, with dates and documents. Write no sentence of the affidavit or of any testimony.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The affidavit is the person's evidence. There is no outline and no scaffold.
- Other states use a petition, a declaration, or live testimony. Open that state's statute before you name the document.

## Sources

- [California Family Code section 6300 (affidavit or testimony showing past abuse)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM&sectionNum=6300.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Courts Self-Help: domestic violence restraining orders](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/dv-restraining-order) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Family violence restraining order or violence restraining order (WA Magistrates Court information and application): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-wa-fvro.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Magistrates Court of Western Australia information and application for a family violence restraining order or a violence restraining order.… |
| [Intervention order (CourtSA originating application, Form 1OS and Form 7A or 7B): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-sa-intervention.md) | Form | Red | Link to the South Australian intervention order page. A private application is lodged on CourtSA with Form 1OS and a signed and witnessed Form 7A or Form 7B affidavit.… |
| [Family violence order or restraint order (Magistrates Court of Tasmania): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-tas-fvo.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Magistrates Court of Tasmania page for applicants for a family violence order or a restraint order. File the application and five copies.… |
| [Family violence order (ACT Magistrates Court application): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-act-fvo.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the ACT Magistrates Court forms for family violence, personal protection and workplace protection orders, including the private and confidential form and the notice of address for service.… |
| [Application for a domestic violence order (NT Local Court publication PD 5A): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-nt-dvo.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Local Court of the Northern Territory publication Application for a Domestic Violence Order, number PD 5A, dated 26 March 2024. The Word file was not opened.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*