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Updated: 
December 22, 2023

Can I apply for a domestic violence protective order if I am a minor?

A minor can file a petition or the minor’s parent or legal guardian can file a petition on a minor’s behalf.1

1 See NCGS § 50B-1(a); see also UNC School of Government