Rule 5.710 - Domestic violence protection orders (TPO and EOP)(a) Generally. (1) The statutory evidentiary standard of "to the satisfaction of the court" shall be construed as equivalent to a reasonable cause or probable cause standard by a court considering an application for issuance of a temporary protection order (TPO) or extended order of protection (EOP).(2) An application requesting a protection order must be based upon an affidavit setting forth specific facts within the affiant's personal knowledge establishing good cause for the order.(3) The court may take steps to verify the written information provided by the applicant, including whether a Child Protective Services case involving any party is or has been opened, and whether any party has been or is a party to any other proceeding involving domestic violence.(4) The court may direct representatives of Child Protective Services or other agencies to attend a protection order hearing by subpoena or court order.(5) The court may permit any person deemed appropriate to be present during a protective order proceeding in the interests of justice notwithstanding the demand by a party that the proceeding be private.(6) The applicant may be ordered to pay all costs and fees incurred by the adverse party if by clear and convincing evidence it is proven that the applicant knowingly filed a false or intentionally misleading affidavit.(b) Extended orders. (1) An adverse party must be served with the TPO and application for the extension of a TPO at least 1 day prior to the scheduled hearing.(2) If the application for an EOP contains a request for financial relief, the applicant must submit financial information on such a form as the court deems necessary.(3) No EOP may be renewed beyond the statutory maximum period, nor may a new EOP be granted based upon the filing of a new application that does not contain a new and distinct factual basis for the issuance of a protective order.(4) Orders on related matters made in conjunction with extension of a TPO remain in effect for the life of the EOP unless modified by the hearing master or a district court judge hearing the TPO case or another family division case relating to the same parties.(c) Proceedings in relation with other family division matters.(1) If both a TPO case and another family division case relating to the same parties have been filed, the hearing master must bring all TPO cases to the attention of the district court judge before taking any action. Unless the district court judge orders otherwise:(A) If a motion is filed in the other family division case before the TPO was granted and an extension hearing is set in the TPO court, the extension hearing will be set before the district court judge.(B) If a motion is filed in the other family division case after the TPO was granted and an extension or dissolution hearing is set in the TPO court, the extension hearing will proceed and the hearing master may make such interim orders on extension of the TPO and any related issues at the extension hearing.(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the district court judge, once a motion in another family division case relating to the same parties has been filed, all subsequent protection order filings and related issues will be heard by the district court judge both before and after final determination of the other family division case, so long as that other case remains open, and will be heard in the TPO court once the other case is closed.(d) Objections to recommendations of hearing master.(1) Interim orders, modifications or dissolutions, and recommendations pursuant to decision by a hearing master remain in full force and effect unless altered by order of the assigned district court judge irrespective of the filing of any post-decision motion or objection.(2) A party may object to a hearing master's recommendation, in whole or in part, by filing a written objection within 14 days after the decision in the matter; if the objecting party was not present at the hearing, the objection period begins upon service of the order on that party.(3) A copy of the objection must be served on the other party. If the other party's address is confidential, service may be made on the protection order office for service on the other party.(e) A district court judge may adopt, reverse, or modify any recommendation of a hearing master.Added effective 8/21/2000; amended effective 6/10/2022.