Protective Orders

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AZPOINT Website

AZPOINT is the Arizona Protective Order Initiation and Notification Tool that will help you fill out a petition for an Order of Protection, an Injunction Against Harassment, or an Injunction Against Workplace Harassment. There is no fee to use AZPOINT.

Within 90 days after completing your AZPOINT petition, you may take the next step of filing your petition with an Arizona court.

Filling out your petition on AZPOINT does not mean that there is a protective order. After you take the next step of filing your petition at an Arizona court, a judge may grant or deny a protective order.

The Arizona Judicial Branch offers more information at their website.

What if the petition involves a minor?

Any petition for an order of protection or injunction against harassment sought against a person who is less than twelve years of age shall be filed in the Juvenile Court. Petitions in which the defendant and the plaintiff are both parties to an open dependency case shall be filed in the Juvenile Court. If the plaintiff is a minor, the petition must be filed by the parent, legal guardian or the person who has legal custody of the minor.

Do you have a pending family law proceeding or do you intend to file a proceeding?

The petition should be filed in Superior Court if you are involved in a pending legal action related to divorce, legal separation, paternity, child support, custody or visitation or intend to file one of these actions within the next 30 days.

If you currently have an order of protection, you must go back to the court that issued it, unless it has been transferred, in which case you must go to the court where it was transferred.

Do you have a pending family law proceeding or do you intend to file a proceeding?

The petition should be filed in Superior Court if you are involved in a pending legal action related to divorce, legal separation, paternity, child support, custody or visitation or intend to file one of these actions within the next 30 days.

If you currently have an order of protection, you must go back to the court that issued it, unless it was transferred to another court. If it has been transferred, you must go to the court to which it was transferred.