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• Find Your Local Domestic Violence Program - Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

  Help centers across the state provide free, confidential counseling, shelter, legal, and economic services for domestic violence victims and their children. Locate a center near you using your city or zip code; or your current location identified by your mobile device or computer. Content Detail

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  Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• How to Obtain a Civil Protection Order (Video)

  This video from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts explains the process for obtaining a civil protection order from the courts. Read More

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  Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts

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  Spanish / Español

• Protection Orders: How to File for a Protection Order in Pennsylvania (Video)

  This video from the Pennsylvania Courts provides detailed step-by-step instructions on how to file for a protection order. The video will prepare victims for what to expect when they file a protection order by offering a detailed description of each step involved in the filing process. Read More

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  Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts

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  Spanish / Español

• Getting a Protection From Abuse Order - Pennsylvania (Video)

  This video from Philadelphia Legal Assistance explains the court process for obtaining a Protection From Abuse Order. The video is part of Philadelphia Legal Assistance's "Make Your Case" video series. Read More

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  Philadelphia Legal Assistance

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  Spanish / Español

  French / Français

  Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt

• Find Legal Assistance to Get Protection from Domestic Violence

  Click on the Find Legal Help tab above to locate a legal service provider to assist you in getting protection from domestic violence. Content Detail

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  PALawHELP.org

• Protection From Abuse

  Information from Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. on the protection available to you under the Pennsylvania Protection From Abuse Act. Read More

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  Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc.

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  Spanish / Español

• Protection From Abuse: Help Is Just A Phone Call Away (Video)

  This video from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence is a 2 1/2-minute primer on how domestic violence victims may obtain a protection-from-abuse court order against an abusive partner. Read More

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  Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• The Protection From Sexual Violence and Intimidation Act

  Information from the Pennsylvania Coalition on Domestic Violence about the new Protection From Sexual Violence and Intimidation Act that went into effect on July 1, 2015. The new law extends additional protections to individuals who may not be covered by the provisions of the Protection From Abuse Act. Content Detail

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  Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• Civil Protection Orders - Bilingual Forms

  Bilingual information and forms regarding obtaining protection through a Protection from Abuse Order or a Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence and/or Intimidation Order. Content Detail

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  Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System

• PA Courts Public Access Policy - Filing Requirements in the Courts (Video)

  Effective on January 6, 2018, a new Public Access Policy is in effect in Pennsylvania Courts. This policy imposes requirements on anyone filing court documents in the trial and appellate courts to safeguard information in the documents they file. The Pennsylvania Courts have released this series of videos that explain the judiciary’s new policy for protecting confidential information and the required steps you must take to protect that information when filing documents in the courts. Content Detail

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  Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts

• Protection From Abuse (Central Pennsylvania)

  Information from MidPenn Legal Services for victims of domestic violence on protection orders under a law called the Protection From Abuse Act. This brochure is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. Read More

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  MidPenn Legal Services

• Protection From Abuse Orders (PFA)

  Click the link to view Chapter 9-Protection From Abuse Orders of the Family Law Manual published by North Penn Legal Services. [PDF] Content Detail

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  North Penn Legal Services

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  Spanish / Español

• Protection From Abuse (PFA)

  Information from Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services on Protection From Abuse Orders and on Protection From Sexual Violence and Protection From Intimidation Orders. Content Detail

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  Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc.

• Strangulation

  Resource from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence about Strangulation and Pennsylvania's Strangulation Law including a webinar describing what the law covers and how it works. Content Detail

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  Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• 3 Tips If You Are Planning To Leave An Abusive Relationship (Video)

  The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence offers safety tips it you are planning to leave an abusive relationship. Read More

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  Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence