236.6 - EMERGENCY ORDERS.
236.6 EMERGENCY ORDERS.
1. When the court is unavailable from the close of business at
the end of the day or week to the resumption of business at the
beginning of the day or week, a petition may be filed before a
district judge, or district associate judge designated by the chief
judge of the judicial district, who may grant emergency relief in
accordance with section 236.5, subsection 1, paragraph "b", if
the district judge or district associate judge deems it necessary to
protect the plaintiff from domestic abuse, upon good cause shown in
an ex parte proceeding. Present danger of domestic abuse to the
plaintiff constitutes good cause for purposes of this subsection.
2. An emergency order issued under subsection 1 shall expire
seventy-two hours after issuance. When the order expires, the
plaintiff may seek a temporary order from the court pursuant to
section 236.4.
3. A petition filed and emergency order issued under this section
and any documentation in support of the petition and order shall be
immediately certified to the court. The certification shall commence
a proceeding for purposes of section 236.3. Section History: Early Form
[C81, § 236.6] Section History: Recent Form
2009 Acts, ch 133, §231
Referred to in § 232.8, 598.16, 598.41, 915.50