A.  A copy of any foreign protective order authenticated in accordance with an act of congress or the statutes of this state may be annexed to and filed with an ex parte petition praying that the protective order be made executory in this state.  The address of the petitioner may remain confidential with the court.

B.  At an ex parte hearing, the court shall make the protective order executory in this state, cause to have prepared a Uniform Abuse Prevention Order, as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 46:2136.2(C), shall sign such order, and shall forward it to the clerk of court for filing, all without delay.

C.  The clerk of the issuing court shall transmit the order to the Louisiana Protective Order Registry, La. Rev. Stat. 46:2136.2(A), by facsimile transmission, mail, or direct electronic input, where available.  The order shall be mailed and transmitted as expeditiously as possible, but no later than the end of the next business day after the order is filed with the clerk of court.

Acts 1997, No. 1156, §5; Acts 2003, No. 750, §4.