WomensLaw serves and supports all survivors, no matter their sex or gender.

Legal Information: Idaho

Restraining Orders

View all
Updated: 
November 7, 2023

How do I renew, change, or dismiss a protection order against stalking and/or threats?

If you want to extend (renew), change (modify), or dismiss (terminate) your protection order against stalking and/or threats, you have to go back to court and file an Application to Modify, Terminate, or Renew the Protection Order. To renew your order, make sure to apply before your current order expires. The judge will likely schedule a hearing where you will have to show the judge there is a good reason (“good cause”) to extend, change, or dismiss your order. The abuser has the right to be present as well.1

If you and the abuser agree to renew, change, or dismiss the order, you can file a written agreement (stipulation) instead of having a hearing.1

1 I.C. § 18-7907(7)

Legal Information

© 2008–2024 WomensLaw.org is a project of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Inc. All rights reserved. This website is funded in part through a grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). NNEDV is a 501©(3) non-profit organization; EIN 52-1973408.