Short answer. The Act is written so that it should not simply lapse. Where the court cannot complete the hearing and the temporary order is due to expire, it is directed to continuously extend or renew that order for thirty days at a time, until final judgment is issued.
What the law says
Where the court is unable to conduct the hearing within one (1) day and the TPO issued is due to expire, the court shall continuously extend or renew the TPO for a period of thirty (30) days at each particular time until final judgment is issued.
RA 9262, Section 16 — Permanent Protection Orders. Read the full provision →
The gap this sentence exists to close
A thirty-day order and a hearing that cannot be finished in a day are an obvious mismatch, and the drafters saw it. The provision addresses the exact interval you are worried about — the stretch between the temporary order running out and the court deciding on the permanent one. Read alongside the direction that the hearing on the permanent order be scheduled on or before the date the temporary one expires, the intended shape is a case in which there is no uncovered period at all.
Extending it is the court's obligation, not your application
Two words carry most of the weight. Shall makes the extension a duty rather than something the court may do if asked, and continuously means it is not a single further period but as many thirty-day extensions as the case needs, until final judgment. Nothing in the Act describes a renewal petition for you to file, or a fee for one. If a hearing date slips, the extension is meant to follow from that fact rather than from a request by you.
An extended order can also be adjusted
The same provision adds that the extended or renewed order may be modified by the court as may be necessary or applicable to address the applicant's needs. That is easy to read past and is worth using. A case that has run for months is not tied to the terms fixed on the day of filing, so if something material has changed — where you are living, work, a child's schooling, a route you now have to take — that belongs in front of the court or your counsel rather than being managed around quietly.
What to watch as the date approaches
The temporary order itself must carry notice of the hearing date on the permanent order, so the document tells you both dates. Attend if you can: the hearing is to be conducted in one day so far as possible, and the respondent's non-appearance despite proper notice, his lack of a lawyer or his lawyer's unavailability are not grounds to postpone it. If the date passes with nothing said, note that these applications take priority over other proceedings and that failing to act without justifiable cause carries administrative liability.
Related provisions
- RA 9262, Section 15 — Temporary Protection Orders
- RA 9262, Section 18 — Mandatory Period To Act
- RA 9262, Section 20 — Priority Of Applications