Apply for a non-molestation or occupation order: Form FL401
Ask the court to make an order protecting you and any relevant child from abuse or harassment by a named person, or to prevent them living in your home.
Documents
Details
You can apply for a domestic abuse protection order instead if the person you need protection from either lives in:
- Greater Manchester
- the London boroughs of Croydon, Bromley or Sutton
- Hartlepool, Middlesborough, Redcar, Cleveland or Stockton-on-Tees
- North Wales
Open a document
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Follow these steps:
- for free.
- Right-click on the document link then select 鈥楽ave link as鈥� or 鈥楧ownload linked file鈥�.
- Save the form (in your 鈥榙ocuments鈥� folder, for example).
- Open Adobe Reader and then select the saved form.
If the form still does not open, contact [email protected].
If you need a printed version contact your local court.
Request accessible formats
You can request:
- a Braille version
- a large print version
- an easy read version
Request an accessible format by emailing [email protected]
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is not generally suitable for our documents. You can only request a conversion of a PDF form to Word format as a reasonable adjustment under the Equality Act 2010. Find out more about the Equality Act 2010 in the guidance.
Updates to this page
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Updated the list of areas eligible for domestic abuse protection orders in the 'details' section. Added a link from the guidance to the Fl401 landing page.
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Added information about applying for a domestic abuse protection order instead (if you are eligible).
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Guidance for requesting accessible formats has been updated.
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Large print versions of the English and Welsh forms uploaded.
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Uploaded a new easy read version of the form and the template supporting statement
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Uploaded a new version of the FL401
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Added translation