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The Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada now offers Guide & File protective order applications that can be e-filed remotely from a computer with Internet access. The new guided forms make the protective order application process more accessible and potentially safer for those facing the danger of domestic violence.
Guide & File protective orders are offered at no cost to users, as are all the Guide & File forms that are available through the court https://nevada.tylerhost.net/srl. The step-by-step Guide & File interviews prompt users to enter information that populates electronic forms, to produce the appropriate court documents. Guided interviews ensure that litigants are meeting the requirements, resulting in clear and legible filings.
“Guide & File serves an important tool for courts to make filing protective orders easier and safer for those living in fear of domestic violence,” said District Court Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell. “It is particularly imperative during this pandemic, that all reasonable measures are in place to ensure that those in harm’s way can access any and all tools to improve their safety easily and discreetly.”
There are currently 26 Guide & File applications available for the Eighth Judicial District Court, including the protective order guided application. Other guided forms include divorce, child custody, cremation, name change and other civil/family matters. All 26 forms can be found on the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada Guide & File site https://nevada.tylerhost.net/srl.
The Guide & File interview process and electronic forms were developed for pro se litigants to use on their own with simple, step-by-step instructions that adhere to court filing rules for the most commonly used civil and family forms. The Guide & File forms have reduced the volume of filing rejections for self-represented litigants. Guided interviews for increasing document assembly capacity are key to achieving the court’s mission to improve access to justice.
“Making filing a protective order easier and more accessible means that a frightened victim of domestic violence is able to submit a technically correct application from their safe space without the fear of compromising that safety by venturing away from it to find the courthouse to apply in person. Therefore, these improvements to the process increases the likelihood that those facing abuse will take this important step toward protecting themselves from their abusers,” said the Family Division Presiding Judge Rebecca Burton. “The Guide & File protective orders can be filed from almost anywhere there is Internet access.”
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