---
title: "Record the court-fee position on a domestic-violence restraining order"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/record-the-costs-position-on-a-protection-order-proceeding/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A53-MO20261022-9-US"
practice_area: "Family Violence & Protection Orders"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Record the court-fee position on a domestic-violence restraining order

> Record whether the filing is a request for a domestic-violence restraining order or a request to renew one, and whether the court guide for that step states a fee. Do not decide any other costs question.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/record-the-costs-position-on-a-protection-order-proceeding/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 | Record whether the filing is a request for a domestic-violence restraining order or a request to renew one, and whether the court guide for that step states a fee. Do not decide any other costs question. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer records the fee position the Judicial Branch states and does not invent a costs order. The California self-help guide says there is no court fee to file a request for a domestic-violence restraining order, and that the person does not have to have a lawyer. The renewal guide says there is no fee to ask the court to renew the order. Neither page states a rule about costs between the parties, exceptional circumstances, or a bad-faith application. The lawyer does not add one. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Record the costs position on a protection-order proceeding](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/record-the-costs-position-on-a-protection-order-proceeding.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Record whether the filing is a request for a domestic-violence restraining order or a request to renew one, and whether the court guide for that step states a fee. Do not decide any other costs question.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The no-fee statement is the Judicial Branch guide for a California domestic-violence restraining order and for a renewal request. It is not a national rule.
- Do not treat the absence of a fee as a decision about who pays a lawyer or about costs of the proceeding.

## Sources

- [Judicial Branch of California, Domestic violence restraining orders](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/DV-restraining-order) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Judicial Branch of California, How to renew a domestic violence restraining order](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/DV-restraining-order/renew) (checked 2026-10-22)

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