How To Ask For Relief By Order To Show Cause Or Motion ; 39. Affidavit in Support of a Temporary Restraining Order in a Civil Action.If you need to file for an order of protection outside of family court business hours, local town and city courts can issue temporary orders for family court. The petition that you file for an order of protection is called a "family offense petition. " Carefully fill out the petition. A plaintiff seeking a temporary restraining order uses an order to show cause to bring on a motion for preliminary injunction. If you feel that you need a temporary order to protect you right away, you should speak up and ask for one. If you're the person who obtained the temporary order, you can contact the court and ask for it to be terminated before the expiration date. If the judge does so, you will have a temporary order of protection until there is a trial or hearing. To file a petition, you need to file a form called a Family Offense petition and file it in the city, justice or district court near you.