Form 14: Order Terminating a Protection Order
Form 14 is the written court order showing that a judge has ended a protection order. It is not the form for asking the judge to end one.
Apply using Form 12, Schedule 3. The original protection order does not end merely because a person requests termination.
What Form 14 means
A Form 14 Order Terminating a Protection Order records a judge’s decision to end an existing protection order. Under Rule 73, the clerk prepares it unless the judge directs otherwise, sends it to the Protection Order Registry and provides copies to the parties. This is a court order, not a form for a party to self-file.
How to request termination
- Use Form 12, Schedule 3, rather than attempting to file Form 14 as an application.
- Identify the current protection order, court file information and why you are asking the judge to end it.
- Gather any supporting evidence and complete the prescribed Form 12 schedules accurately.
- Follow the Rules 67–68 notice process: normally personal service at least seven days before the appearance, or state the grounds if asking the judge to proceed without notice.
- Wait for the judge’s decision; the existing order remains in force unless it expires or the court terminates or replaces it.
How to read a Form 14 order
Identify the original protection order using the judge who made it, the date it was made and the effective termination date. Those details are required by the prescribed Form 14. An order that ends on a future date should not be read as ending immediately.
What if the court changes an order instead?
Rule 71 says that when a judge changes a term or condition, even to extend the duration, the judge terminates the existing order and issues a new Form 13 protection order. Read the replacement order carefully. A termination order and a replacement may therefore be part of the same judicial process.
Worked example
One party applies with Form 12 to terminate a current protection order. The court hears the request and grants termination effective on a specified date. The clerk prepares Form 14 and provides it to the parties and the Protection Order Registry. Before that date, the old terms remain relevant.
Common mistake
Do not assume an apology, reconciliation, a private agreement or the act of filing Form 12 cancels a protection order. Check the court decision and the effective date. If uncertain, obtain advice from a lawyer or the registry.