• Domestic Violence Restraining Order


    What is a Domestic Violence Restraining Order?

    A Domestic Violence Restraining Order is when a person is asking the court for protection.

    What are the Orders the Court Can Make?

    The court may make several orders based on your REQUEST FOR ORDER (Domestic Violence Prevention). Such as, a Personal Conduct Order which prohibits the perpetrator from harassing, attacking, striking, threatening, assaulting, hitting, following, stalking, molesting, destroying personal property, disturbing the peace, keeping you under surveillance, or blocking your movements. The perpetrator can be ordered to have neither direct nor indirect contact with you, by telephone, messages, mail, or e-mail and the court may prohibit third-party contacts.

    The court can make Stay-Away Orders in that the perpetrator must stay as much as 100 yards from you, your family, home, job, children’s school or daycare, your car, and other Stay-Away Orders deemed necessary. The court can order a person to move out of the residence and not return.

    The protected person may ask the court for the right to record communications, have temporary use of property, property restraint, attorney fees, and costs, 52- week batterers program and to have the perpetrator turn in all guns or firearms to police or a gun dealer. The court can make orders regarding child custody, visitation, child support, and spousal support.

    Types of Abuse in Relationships

    The three main types of abuse found in relationships are physical, emotional and sexual abuse. These are examples of the kinds of behavior that accompany the various types of abuse.

    PHYSICALLY ABUSED EMOTIONALLY ABUSED SEXUALLY ABUSED
    Pushes or shoves you, slaps or hits you, pulls your hair, kicks or punches you, restrains you with force, throws objects at you, abandons you in a dangerous place, chokes you. Ignores your feelings, makes all decisions for you, withholds approval, appreciation or affection as punishment, continually criticizes you, calls you names and shouts at you, wants to control all your actions, humiliates you in public or private, ridicules your most valued beliefs, your religion, race or heritage, manipulates you with lies and contradictions, subjects you to reckless driving Makes demeaning remarks about your gender calls you sexual names, forces you to take off your clothing, touches you in ways that make you feel uncomfortable, forces you to have sex against your will, treats you and members of your gender as objects, insists you dress in a more sexual way than you want to dress, insists you dress less sexually, minimizes the importance of your feelings about sex, accuses you of sexual activity with others  

    Contact us and an experienced document prepared will assist you in the preparation of the DV restraining order. We will ensure you that the preparation will be done correctly, efficiently, and professionally. We understand that every day that passes by without the DV, can be wounding for you.

    DV Order Standard Fee $299.99 + Court Fees + Service of Process Fee

    This information is for general use and is not intended as full and comprehensive instruction. This is intended as an information tool to assist you. For additional information, we recommend you seek legal advice. If you need to consult with an attorney, we will be able to provide you with a referral with one of our collaborating attorneys.