Package 1

Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order

$99 - Coming Fall 2025

This package is for individuals in California seeking legal protection from domestic violence, abuse, threats, stalking, or other harmful behavior by someone they have a close relationship with.

Our guided interviews walk you through the process of requesting a Domestic Violence Restraining Order (DVRO)—including step-by-step instructions to complete the required forms (like DV-100) and understand what to expect from the court process.

Created by attorneys and certified domestic violence counselors, this package is designed to support people seeking protection from a current or former intimate partner, close family member, co-parent, or someone they’ve lived with. It also helps you prepare for your hearing and understand what legal protections may be available.

What You Receive:

  • Step-by-step digital interviews: complete your CA judicial council forms (just like popular DIY tax-preparation software)

  • Court forms and documents generated with your answers to straightforward questions

  • Filing and service instructions so you can navigate your next steps after completing your paperwork

Package 1 is designed for:

Parties Seeking Protection

WITH

NO Active DVRO

What’s Included in Package 1?

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Introductory Information

Begin the legal process with UDIL with an overview of the Request for DVRO process.

  • Demo Interview

  • Interview 1.0: Roadmap & Safety Planning

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Court Form Population

Complete guided interviews and download court forms customized with your answers to questions about your case and situation.

  • Interview 2.0: Case information

  • Interview 3.0: Request for DVRO

  • Interview 3.1: Financial Information for Support Orders* (Optional)

  • Interview 3.2: Child Custody and Visitation Orders* (Optional)

  • Interview 3.3: Request to Keep Minor’s Information Confidential* (Optional)

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Procedural Instructions & Next Steps

Get step-by step instructions for filing (submitting your court forms) and service (providing notice), as well as hearing preparation tips.

  • Interview 4.0: Next Steps

  • Interview 4.1: Request to Reschedule Hearing

  • Interview 5.0: Restraining Order After Hearing

U Do It Legal does not currently offer court filing or service of process services.

However, under California law, parties seeking a Domestic Violence Restraining Order (DVRO) are not required to pay court filing fees, and the sheriff’s office will serve DVRO paperwork for free. This is a legal protection in place to ensure that survivors of abuse are not burdened with costs when seeking protection through the courts.

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Get the right restraining order Package in 3 simple steps:

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Complete our ‘Eligibility Quiz’ (Coming soon)

Then, create a U Do It Legal account.

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Complete our ‘Package Sorting Quiz’ on your member homepage and purchase the appropriate Package.

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Your member homepage will auto-update with your DVRO Package’s guided interviews!

  • Unlike a court self-help center or law firm, U Do It Legal does not have the triage capacity to sit down with each of our potential customers in a virtual or in-person consultation to:

    1. determine eligibility for our services, and

    2. route you to the correct DVRO service.

      (Note: we have 5 different restraining order packages, which are specifically tailored to the customer’s party type and whether there is an active restraining order in place).

    That said, it is our ethical responsibility as a legal service provider to determine prospective clients’ general eligibility for the services they intend to purchase, before they make the purchase.

    This is why we designed our web app so that users must first take a short (less than 1-minute) ‘Eligibility Quiz.’ Once you have cleared the initial eligibility check, our software assesses a few of your case's circumstances to ensure you're then routed to the UDIL package that best fits your legal needs.

    Click here to review our online DIY restraining order service packages.

Ready to get started with U Do It Legal?

Take our Eligibility Quiz below!

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