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PROTECTION ORDER ASSISTANCE

Children’s Inn staff are available to assist women in the completion of protection order paperwork.  Services are provided, but are limited to, the South Dakota counties of Minnehaha, McCook, Lincoln, Turner, and Union.  Please refer to this CHECKLIST to make sure you have completed the protection order as accurately as possible.

Children’s Inn has trained staff who are able to assist victims of domestic violence with:

  • Safety plans
  • Securing an order for protection
  • Education information
  • Referral information
  • Photographic evidence of abuse
  • 24-hour availability

Below are links to get the appropriate protection order forms:

Click here for Domestic Protection Order Forms

Click here for Stalking Protection Order Forms

You must complete the following forms:

  • Petitioner Information Form
  • Respondent Information Form
  • Petition Form

Please call Children's Inn with any questions.  This process can be overwhelming, and we want to help in anyway.

Children’s Inn is located at 409 N. Western Avenue in Sioux Falls.

Though appointments are not necessary, you are encouraged to call, if you can:

Sioux Falls area - (605) 338-4880
Outside of Sioux Falls - 1-888-378-7398

 





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