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December 15, 2023

What are the steps to get a vulnerable adult protection order?

You would file for a vulnerable adult protection order in superior court.1 The steps for getting a vulnerable adult protection order are similar to the steps for getting a domestic violence protection order. See Steps for getting a domestic violence protection order for more information. The forms will be slightly different, so be sure to ask the clerk for the paperwork to file for a vulnerable adult protection order.

If you are filing for a vulnerable adult protection order as an interested person (rather than as the vulnerable adult), notice of the petition and hearing must also be personally served on the vulnerable adult, including a standard notice that the court should give you that explains the purpose of the petition in clear and plain language.2

1 R.C.W. § 7.105.065

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