Ex parte means the order to stay away has already been
Posted on: February 17, 2022 at 10:23:44 CT
Ragnar Danneskjold
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issued without a response from the other party.
The Judge will ask if you want to make it permanent, which in Missouri is for a year, and you have to apply each year to keep it in place.
The "hearing" will be the Judge asking you if you want to make it permanent and offer the other party a chance to contest it.