Form

Apply for a non-molestation or occupation order: Form FL401

Ask the court to make an order protecting you and any relevant child from abuse or harassment by a named person, or to prevent them living in your home.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Published: 10 November 2021
• Last updated: 16 June 2025
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  1. 16 June 2025

     Updated the list of areas eligible for domestic abuse protection orders in the 'details' section. Added a link from the guidance to the Fl401 landing page.

  2. 6 January 2025

     Added information about applying for a domestic abuse protection order instead (if you are eligible).

  3. 6 December 2023

     Guidance for requesting accessible formats has been updated.

  4. 11 September 2023

     Large print versions of the English and Welsh forms uploaded.

  5. 21 July 2023

     Uploaded a new easy read version of the form and the template supporting statement

  6. 22 July 2022

     Uploaded a new version of the FL401

  7. 10 November 2021

     Added translation

Documents

Application form: FL401

PDF, 907 KB, 22 pages

Template supporting statement

PDF, 243 KB, 19 pages

How to apply for a non-molestation or occupation order

HTML

Application form: FL401 (large print)

PDF, 475 KB, 44 pages

Template supporting statement (large print)

PDF, 310 KB, 36 pages

Application form: FL401 (easy read version)

PDF, 3.35 MB, 64 pages

Template supporting statement (easy read version)

PDF, 2.29 MB, 56 pages

Details

You can apply for a domestic abuse protection order instead if the person you need protection from either lives in:

• Greater Manchester
• the London boroughs of Croydon, Bromley or Sutton
• Hartlepool, Middlesborough, Redcar, Cleveland or Stockton-on-Tees
• North Wales

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2. Right-click on the document link then select ‘Save link as’ or ‘Download linked file’.
3. Save the form (in your ‘documents’ folder, for example).
4. Open Adobe Reader and then select the saved form.

If the form still does not open, contact hmctsforms@justice.gov.uk.

If you need a printed version contact your local court.

Request accessible formats

You can request:

• a Braille version
• a large print version
• an easy read version

Request an accessible format by emailing hmctsforms@justice.gov.uk

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is not generally suitable for our documents. You can only request a conversion of a PDF form to Word format as a reasonable adjustment under the Equality Act 2010. Find out more about the Equality Act 2010 in the guidance.