D.C. Super. Ct. Dom. Rel. R. 65

(a) PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION.

(1) Notice. The court may issue a preliminary injunction only on notice to the adverse

party.

(2) Consolidating the Hearing with the Trial on the Merits. Before or after beginning

the hearing of a motion for a preliminary injunction, the court may advance the trial on

the merits and consolidate it with the hearing. Even when consolidation is not ordered,

evidence that is received on the motion and that would be admissible at trial becomes

part of the trial record and need not be repeated at trial.

(b) TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.

(1) Issuing Without Notice. The court may issue a temporary restraining order without

written or oral notice to the adverse party or its attorney only if:

(A) specific facts in an affidavit or a verified complaint clearly show that immediate

and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result to the movant before the adverse party

can be heard in opposition; and

(B) the court finds that:

(i) the movant has made reasonable efforts under the circumstances to furnish to

the adverse party's attorney, if known, otherwise to the adverse party, at the earliest

practicable time prior to the hearing on the motion for such order,) actual notice of the

hearing and copies of all pleadings and other papers filed to date in the action or to be

presented to the court at the hearing; or

(ii) that bodily harm is likely to occur prior to the hearing on the temporary

restraining order if such notice be given.

(2) Contents; Expiration. Every temporary restraining order issued without notice must

state the date and hour it was issued; describe the injury and state why it is irreparable;

state why the order was granted without notice; and be promptly filed in the clerk’s office

and entered in the record. The order expires at the time after entry—not to exceed 14

days—that the court sets, unless before that time the court, for good cause, extends it

for a like period or the adverse party consents to a longer extension. The reasons for an

extension must be entered in the record.

(3) Expediting the Preliminary-Injunction Hearing. If the order is issued without notice,

the motion for a preliminary injunction must be set for hearing at the earliest possible

time, taking precedence over all matters except hearings on older matters of the same

character. At the hearing, the party who obtained the order must proceed with the

motion; if the party does not, the court must dissolve the order.

(4) Motion to Dissolve. On 2 days’ notice to the party who obtained the order without

notice—or on shorter notice set by the court—the adverse party may appear and move

to dissolve or modify the order. The court must then hear and decide the motion as

promptly as justice requires.

(c) SECURITY. The court may issue a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining

order only if the movant gives security in an amount the court considers proper to pay

the costs and damages sustained by any party found to have been wrongfully enjoined

or restrained. The United States, the District of Columbia, and officers or agencies of

either are not required to give security. Where a temporary restraining order or

preliminary injunction is granted for the physical protection of any party or for custody of

children, no security is required of the movant.

(d) CONTENTS AND SCOPE OF EVERY INJUNCTION AND RESTRAINING ORDER.

(1) Contents. Every order granting an injunction and every restraining order must:

(A) state the reasons why it issued;

(B) state its terms specifically; and

(C) describe in reasonable detail—and not by referring to the complaint or other

document—the act or acts restrained or required.

(2) Persons Bound. The order binds only the following who receive actual notice of it

by personal service or otherwise:

(A) the parties;

(B) the parties’ officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and

(C) other persons who are in active concert or participation with anyone described in

Rule 65(d)(2)(A) or (B).