Short answer. No. The Act provides that an application for a protection order filed with a court is considered an application for both a temporary and a permanent order. One filing starts both, and the court schedules the hearing on the permanent order as part of the same case.
What the law says
An application for protection order filed with a court shall be considered an application for both a TPO and PPO.
RA 9262, Section 11 — How To Apply. Read the full provision →
What the law says
The court shall schedule a hearing on the issuance of a PPO prior to or on the date of the expiration of the TPO.
RA 9262, Section 15 — Temporary Protection Orders. Read the full provision →
One filing, two stages
The rule exists so that nobody loses cover at the point of changeover. Because the single application is treated as covering both, there is no second petition to prepare, no second filing date to meet, and no gap opened by forgetting one. What follows is a sequence rather than two cases: the court may issue the temporary order on the date of filing after an ex parte determination, meaning without the respondent being heard first, and that order runs for thirty days.
The hearing is scheduled before the temporary order lapses
The Act directs the court to set the hearing on the permanent order on or before the date the temporary one expires, and the temporary order itself must carry notice of that hearing date. A permanent order, unlike the temporary one, comes only after notice and hearing. The respondent's failure to appear despite proper notice, his lack of a lawyer, or his lawyer's unavailability are not grounds to reschedule; where he appears without counsel the court appoints a lawyer for him and proceeds.
If the hearing cannot be finished in time
The Act anticipates this too, which is the other reason a single application is enough. The court is to conduct the hearing on the permanent order in one day so far as possible. Where it cannot and the temporary order is due to expire, the court is to extend or renew that order for thirty days at a time, continuously, until final judgment is issued, and the extended order may be modified as necessary to address the applicant's needs. Applications of this kind are heard ahead of the court's other business.
What the single application does not cover
It covers the two court orders, not everything under the Act. A barangay protection order is applied for at the barangay and issued by a different official, so that is a separate step if you want one. The court form also asks you to attest that no application for a protection order is pending in another court, which is a reason not to file in two places at once. The same form lets you request counsel, with reasons, and ask that application fees be waived until hearing.
Related provisions
- RA 9262, Section 16 — Permanent Protection Orders
- RA 9262, Section 20 — Priority Of Applications
- RA 9262, Section 13 — Legal Representation Of Petitioners