In a Final Protective Order in the District of Columbia, a judge can order any of the relief available in a Temporary Protective Order, and can also:

• Establish temporary visitation with children.
• Award emergency family maintenance.
• Award use and possession of jointly titled car.
• Order counseling.
• Order the abuser to surrender all firearms.
• Order the abuser to pay filing fees and court costs.
• Order any other relief that the judge determines is necessary to protect a person eligible for relief from abuse

In order to grant you a Final Protective Order, the Court must find that you have met your burden by a “preponderance of the evidence.”