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While not exclusive to family law and divorce matters, protective orders may be companion cases to family law, when one party feels threatened by the other. However, there are specific standards for why a protective order may be issued. Additionally, there is a public policy argument in support of protective orders, as they may prevent domestic violence or other harm…
Protective Orders, or POs, are a tool to protect a victim against a harasser or stalker. POs are in the nature of injunctive relief. Essentially, it is a court order prohibiting certain behavior of the harasser or stalker, towards the victim. A PO is NOT a No Contact Order. Popular portrayal in movies and TV shows often indicate that a…
During the process of domestic litigation, there can be instances where a party seeks a protective order or no contact order against the other party for acts or threats of violence. In these cases, the party seeking protection petitions for a protective order or no contact order to prevent the other party from contacting and/or harassing the victim. These protective…
Victims of domestic violence and/or stalking can request the court to issue a Protective Order against their assailant. If a court does issue a Protective Order, how does that piece of paper in practice serve to protect the victim from any further violence or stalking? There are countless statistics and stories of persons who were either denied a Protective Order…