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Lawyers Manual - Unified Court System

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52 Elizabeth Murno<br />

What Happens After a Protection Order Has Expired?<br />

As the expiration date of a final protection order approaches, a victim may<br />

seek to have it extended. A relatively unknown and infrequently used provision<br />

of the Family <strong>Court</strong> Act states that a protection order may be extended for a<br />

reasonable time if special circumstances exist. 67 The limited case law<br />

interpreting this provision deals exclusively with the issue of whether a hearing<br />

is necessary and fails to expound on the definition of special circumstances, 68 so<br />

practitioners are free to make creative and persuasive arguments to warrant<br />

extending an order.

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