The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) recently announced that Pennsylvania’s Judiciary is offering protection from abuse (PFA) forms in multiple languages to help address domestic violence issues in families who are not proficient in English. The forms are now available in Arabic, Simplified Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Khmer (Cambodian), Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian and Vietnamese.
  
According to Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille, “Court proceedings can be hard to understand, even if you speak English. These new forms help ensure that all citizens have full access to the court system and its resources by being able to access documents in the person’s native language.”
  
Because each form will have both English and the translation on it, the forms will also assist law enforcement officers in the enforcement of court orders.
 
The translated forms may be found on the Unified Judicial District’s website under the section labeled “Forms”. The forms for statewide use include: Forms for statewide use include: the petition for protection from abuse and weapons attachment; notice of hearing and order; temporary protection order and its weapons attachment; service affidavit; final protection order and its weapons attachment; notice of hearing; notice to vacate and subpoena.