La. Rev. Stat. § 9:372

A. In a proceeding for divorce, a court may grant an injunction prohibiting a spouse from physically or sexually abusing the other spouse or a child of either of the parties.

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§372. Injunction against abuse; form; central registry

A. In a proceeding for divorce, a court may grant an injunction prohibiting a spouse from physically or sexually abusing the other spouse or a child of either of the parties.

B. Immediately upon rendering a decision granting relief provided in Subsection A of this Section, the judge shall cause to have prepared a Uniform Abuse Prevention Order, as provided in R.S. 46:2136.2(C), shall sign such order, and shall immediately forward it to the clerk of court for filing on the day that the order is issued.

C. The clerk of the issuing court shall transmit the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order to the Judicial Administrator's Office, Louisiana Supreme Court, for entry into the Louisiana Protective Order Registry, as provided in R.S. 46:2136.2(A), by facsimile transmission or direct electronic input as expeditiously as possible, but no later than the end of the next business day after the order is filed with the clerk of court. The clerk of the issuing court shall also send a copy of the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order, as provided in R.S. 46:2136.2(C), or any modification thereof, to the chief law enforcement officer of the parish where the person or persons protected by the order reside by facsimile transmission or direct electronic input as expeditiously as possible, but no later than the end of the next business day after the order is filed with the clerk of court. A copy of the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order shall be retained on file in the office of the chief law enforcement officer until otherwise directed by the court.

Acts 1990, No. 1009, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 1156, §4; Acts 2003, No. 750, §3; Acts 2014, No. 317, §1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1991–2026 · leading case: Lawrence v. Lawrence

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Lawrence v. Lawrence (2003) lactapp · cites it 8× “R.S. 9:372. On December 6, 2001, Judith filed a rule for contempt, and permanent injunction.”

State v. Smith (2018) lactapp · cites it 2× “, R.S. 9:372, R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151, R.”

State v. Barfield (2011) lactapp “Post-Separation Family Violence Relief Act], R.S. 9:372 et seq. [Chapter 1. Divorce, Part V.”

Ardoin v. City of Mamou (1996) lactapp “9:306 (see, now, R.S. 9:372), R.S. 46:2131 et seq., or Code of Civil Procedure Article 3604 if the defendant has been given notice of the temporary restraining order or ex parte protective order by service of process as required by law.”

Steele v. Steele (1991) lactapp “R.S. 9:372. The law on this point has not changed.”

Head v. Robichaux (2018) lactapp “, R.S. 9:372, Children's Code Article 1564, et seq.”

Okechukwu v. Okechukwu (2014) lactapp “R.S. 9:372 injunction from abuse form had been submitted when the petition for divorce was signed, the trial court stated that it would sign such a form so that there would be something in the Louisiana Protective Order Registry (Registry).”

State v. Kumar (2011) lactapp · cites it 4× “, R.S. 9:372, R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151, Children’s Code Article 1564 et seq.”

Peyton Pettit Greene Versus Landon Ronald Greene (2019) lactapp · cites it 2× “R.S. 9:372 and 9:372.1 are incidental to proceedings for divorce or separation.”

State of Louisiana Versus David Bourgeois (2023) lactapp · cites it 2× “…or permanent injunction or protective order issued pursuant to R.S. 9:361 et seq., R.S. 9:372, R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151, R.S. 46:2171 et seq., R.S. 46:2181 et seq., Children’s Code Article 1564 et seq., Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3604 and 3607.1, or…”

Head v. Robichaux (2018) lactapp “, R.S. 9:372, Children's Code Article 1564, et seq.”

State of Louisiana v. Derrick Jermaine Cotlong (2026) lactapp “, R.S. 9:372, R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151, R.”

— La. Rev. Stat. § 9:372(A) — 1 case

Lawrence v. Lawrence (2003) lactapp “R.S. 9:372. On December 6, 2001, Judith filed a rule for contempt, and permanent injunction.”

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