The Restraining Order There isn’t just one and you need to know the differences
Each case has its own specifics and having an attorney or advocate on your side is important to navigating the world of restraining orders, whether you are filing one, or have had one filed against you.
A domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) is a civil court order that is signed by a judge and tells the abuser to stop the abuse or face serious legal consequences. It offers civil legal protection from domestic violence to both female and male victims.
Domestic violence is defined as when your current or former spouse, boyfriend / girlfriend, someone you have a child in common with, someone you live(d) with, or someone you are related to through blood or marriage* does one of the following:
• Causes or attempts to cause you physical injury;
• Sexually assaults you;
• Makes you fear that you or another person is in danger of immediate, serious physical injury;
• Molests, attacks, strikes, batters (uses force), or stalks you;
• Threatens or harasses you – either in person or through phone calls, emails, etc.;
• Destroys your personal property; and/or
• Disturbs your peace.
*Note: If the acts of the abuser do not fit in this definition or if you do not have the specific relationship with the abuser that is mentioned above, you may still be eligible for a Civil Harassment Order.
Emergency Protective Order
If a police officer responds to a domestic violence call, the police officer can issue an Emergency Protective Order which goes into effect immediately.
An emergency protective when s/he believes that there is an immediate and present danger of domestic violence or that a child is in immediate or present danger of abuse or abduction(kidnaping) by a parent or relative and that the order is necessary to prevent domestic violence, child abuse or child abduction.
An emergency protective order can last only five business days or seven calendar days(whichever is shorter). An emergency protective order is supposed to give you time to go to court to ask for a domestic violence restraining order, which lasts longer. In the emergency order there are included most of the protections that you can get in a regular DVRO, such as removing the abuser from the home and ordering him to have no contact with you. It can also give you temporary custody of your children.
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