Q: How do I talk to the judge about dropping a dvo
I had a fight with my husband over a year ago and it got heated and I threatened with child protective services to file an emergency protective order against my husband. I tried to ask for it to be dropped last year and the judge said no and since then I was threatened again with cps and they said they’d take our kids if I didn’t get them added because my husband and I argued over the order not being dropped yet. So he was arrested for it because child protective services were called because we broke the order and they said I had to file additional charges and amend the epo or they’d take the boys. Now I’m scared to lose them or go to jail myself because all I want is my family back.
A: You will have to go back to court and ask the judge to modify the order of protection.
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