# Renewing a California restraining order: DV-700, and the deadline that ends the option > How to ask the court to renew a domestic violence restraining order before it expires: DV-700, DV-710 and CLETS-001, the three-month window, the no-fee filing, and what happens to custody and support orders. **Direct answer.** To renew a long-term California domestic violence restraining order, file Request to Renew Restraining Order (DV-700), Notice of Hearing to Renew Restraining Order (CLETS) (DV-710) and Confidential CLETS Information (CLETS-001), with a copy of the current order attached. California Courts states there is no fee, that you can apply as early as three months before the expiration date shown on DV-130 or DV-730, and that the request must be made before the order expires — once it has expired, the remaining route is a new restraining order rather than a renewal. ## The date on the order is the one that governs A long-term domestic violence restraining order is granted on form DV-130; an order that has already been renewed once is on form DV-730. The expiration date printed on whichever of those you hold is the date the renewal option closes. California Courts states the request must be made before the order expires, and that a renewal can be requested as early as three months before the expiration date. If the order has already expired, the court page states you will have to ask for a new restraining order instead — which is a different request, starting from DV-100, rather than a continuation of the one you have. The person who applies must be the person listed in item 1 of DV-130 or DV-730. A renewal continues an existing order for an existing protected person; it is not a route to add someone new. ## The three forms, and the one that is confidential The renewal packet is smaller than the packet that started the case. - Request to Renew Restraining Order (DV-700) — the request itself. - Notice of Hearing to Renew Restraining Order (CLETS) (DV-710) — the notice of the court date. - Confidential CLETS Information (CLETS-001) — the same law-enforcement information sheet used at the start of a case, and the same rules apply: it is confidential, it is not filed in the public court file, and it is not served on the restrained person. - A copy of the current restraining order, on DV-130 or DV-730, attached to the request. ## There is no filing fee California Courts states there is no fee to ask the court to renew a restraining order. A renewal is not a place where a fee waiver is needed, because there is no fee to waive. ## Custody and support do not expire with the restraining order This is the part most easily misread as urgent when it is not. California Courts states that orders for child custody, visitation, child support and spousal support do not end when the restraining order expires. Orders about children usually end when the child turns 18. So the expiry of a restraining order does not, by itself, end an arrangement about the children or about support. Those orders continue, and changing them is a separate request to the court rather than something that rides along with a renewal. ## What happens after you file Filing the request produces a court date. California Courts describes four steps: ask to renew, serve the other side, prepare for and attend the court date, and — if the judge renews the order — serve the renewed order on the other side. Service is not optional and is not done by you: the sheriff or another server delivers the filed forms to the restrained person, the same pattern as the original case. If the judge grants the renewal, the renewed order also has to be served before it does its work. JusticeOS is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Renewal practice and local filing steps vary by court; confirm current practice with the court clerk or a Self-Help Center. ## The official form is published in other languages DV-700 and DV-710 are published by California Courts in Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Vietnamese and Tagalog, alongside the English version. Those are the Judicial Council’s own translations of the form itself — the document you file — rather than summaries of it. Each translation is on that form’s own page at California Courts, linked under Official sources at the foot of this guide. These guides are written in English. California Courts also publishes a page on asking for a court interpreter, and makes a point worth repeating here: even for someone who speaks English in everyday life, the situations and language in court can be very difficult. ## Questions people ask next ### How early can I ask to renew? California Courts states you can apply as early as three months before the expiration date shown on form DV-130 or DV-730. ### What if my restraining order already expired? California Courts states that if the order has expired you will have to ask for a new restraining order. Renewal is only available while the existing order is still in effect, which is why the expiration date on DV-130 or DV-730 is worth locating before anything else. ### Does it cost anything to renew? No. California Courts states there is no fee to ask the court to renew your order. ### Do the custody and support orders end when the restraining order expires? No. California Courts states that orders for child custody, visitation, child support and spousal support do not end when the restraining order expires, and that orders about children usually end when the child turns 18. ### Do I have to serve the other person again? Yes. California Courts describes serving the other side after filing, and serving the renewed order again if the judge grants the renewal. As in the original case, someone else serves — the sheriff or another server — not you. ## Official sources - [California Courts — How to renew a domestic violence restraining order](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/DV-restraining-order/renew) - [California Courts — Ask to renew a restraining order](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/DV-restraining-order/renew/ask) - [California Courts — DV-700 Request to Renew Restraining Order](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/DV-700) - [California Courts — DV-710 Notice of Hearing to Renew Restraining Order (CLETS)](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/DV-710) - [California Courts — Ask for an interpreter](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/request-interpreter) ## Related guides - [CLETS-001: the confidential form the other person never sees](https://justiceos.ai/guides/clets-001) - [Serving California DVRO papers: who can serve and what to file](https://justiceos.ai/guides/dvro-service) - [California domestic violence restraining-order forms: the starting packet](https://justiceos.ai/guides/california-dvro-forms) - [DV-130: the judge granting your order is not the last step, and this form is the order](https://justiceos.ai/guides/dv-130) Published 2026-08-22. Reviewed against official California Courts guidance on 2026-08-22. --- JusticeOS is not a law firm, is not your lawyer, and does not give legal advice. It explains California court forms and procedure in plain language and cites official sources. In immediate danger call 911. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233. Canonical HTML: https://justiceos.ai/guides/dv-700