Definition
Programs that help adults obtain an order from the police or the courts that protects them from abuse or threats of abuse from a current or former spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend, someone they have a child with, someone they live with or someone they are related to through blood or marriage. Included are emergency protective orders that police can obtain from the court to provide immediate protection to an abused family member for five to seven days until an application for a temporary restraining order can be made in court; longer-term temporary restraining orders issued in civil court that forbid contact with the protected person until the propriety of granting a permanent injunction can be evaluated; permanent or after-hearing restraining orders that make a short-term injunction granted in the temporary restraining order permanent (or specify the amount of time they will remain in effect); and criminal temporary protective orders which apply in situations where an abusive individual has been arrested and faces trial.
URL Name
FT-6940-1900
Third Level Code
FT-6940
Taxonomy Code
FT-6940.1900
Parent Code
FT-6940
Family Code
F
Second Level Code
FT
Fourth Level Code
FT-6940-1900
Use References
Domestic Abuse Restraining Orders, Domestic Relationship Personal Protection Orders, Domestic Relationship Protection Orders, Domestic Violence Orders for Protection, Domestic Violence Orders of Protection, Domestic Violence Protection Orders, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, DVROs, Injunctions Against Domestic Abuse, Orders of Protection From Domestic Abuse, Relief From Domestic Abuse Orders, Stay Away Orders for Domestic Violence Offenders
Publication Status
Draft