§ 655. Temporary order of protection. (a) Upon the filing of a\npetition or counter-claim under this article, the court for good cause\nshown may issue a temporary order of protection which may contain any of\nthe provisions authorized on the making of an order of protection under\nsection six hundred fifty-six of this article.\n (b) A temporary order of protection is not a finding of wrongdoing.\n (c) The court may issue or extend a temporary order of protection ex\nparte or on notice simultaneously with the issuance of a warrant\ndirecting that the respondent be arrested and brought before the court\npursuant to section six hundred seventy-one of this article.\n (d) The court shall not require anyone seeking a temporary order of\nprotection under this section to first request that child protective\nservices investigate the allegations or to first request permission to\nfile a petition under article ten of this act.\n Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, an order of protection, or\ntemporary order of protection where applicable, may be entered against a\nformer spouse and persons who have a child in common, regardless of\nwhether such persons have been married or have lived together at any\ntime, or against a member of the same family or household as defined in\nsubdivision one of section eight hundred twelve of this act.\n
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