---
title: "Prepare a request to renew, change or end a restraining order"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-the-variation-revocation-or-extension-application/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A53-X20260927-7-US"
practice_area: "Family Violence & Protection Orders"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Prepare a request to renew, change or end a restraining order

> From the current order, record the issue date, the expiry date printed on it, and whether the request is a renewal by the protected person or a change sought by the other party. Draft no motion.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-the-variation-revocation-or-extension-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 | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the current order, record the issue date, the expiry date printed on it, and whether the request is a renewal by the protected person or a change sought by the other party. Draft no motion. |
| What the lawyer must review | California Family Code section 6345 lets personal-conduct, stay-away and residence-exclusion orders issued after notice and a hearing last up to five years, and be renewed, on request, for five or more years or permanently, without a showing of further abuse. The renewal request may be brought within the three months before expiry. If the form states no expiry date, the order lasts three years from issuance. A request by someone other than the protected person to end or change the order early requires notice to the protected person by personal service or, if that person is in the Safe at Home program under Government Code section 6205 and following, by service on the Secretary of State. If the protected person cannot be notified, the court denies the motion without prejudice or continues the hearing. The courts self-help page has separate paths to change, end or renew. You write the request. Opinion 512. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the variation, revocation or extension application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-the-variation-revocation-or-extension-application.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the current order, record the issue date, the expiry date printed on it, and whether the request is a renewal by the protected person or a change sought by the other party. Draft no motion.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Renewal within the three-month window does not require a new showing of abuse. A different state may.
- A missing expiry date on the California form creates a three-year order, not a permanent one.

## Sources

- [California Family Code section 6345 (duration, renewal and modification)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM&sectionNum=6345.) (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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Application to vary, revoke or extend an apprehended violence order: completion guide and checklist (NSW)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/avo-variation-revocation-extension-application-guide.md) | Court document | Red | Guide to the Local Court application to vary, revoke or extend a final or interim AVO: who may apply, when leave is needed, how to state the grounds and the variation sought, service,… |
| [Application to vary a domestic violence order (Queensland Form DV04)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-qld-dv04-vary-dvo.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Queensland Form DV04, version 9, the application to vary a domestic violence order. It is a different form from DV09. |
| [Application to vary a recognised interstate order (Queensland Form DV04A)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-qld-dv04a-vary-interstate-order.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Queensland Form DV04A, version 5, first published on 19 December 2025. The index says it is completed by an applicant in Queensland to vary a recognised interstate order. |
| [National Domestic Violence Order Scheme checklist: recognition, enforcement and variation of interstate and foreign orders](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/national-dvo-scheme-recognition-enforcement-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist for a client protected by, or bound by, a domestic violence order made in another Australian jurisdiction or registered from New Zealand: is it recognised in NSW, is it enforceable, and… |
| [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 to vary or revoke an intervention order (Queensland Form DV09)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-qld-dv09-vary-revoke-intervention-order.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Queensland Form DV09, version 4, first published on 12 September 2025, the application to vary or revoke an intervention order. |

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.*