Domestic
violence is defined as threatened or actual
abuse from someone in your family or in your
home or with whom you have a close relationship.
Emergency
Protective Orders. If you need help right
now, you should call a local law enforcement
agency ("911"). A police officer
responding to a domestic violence incident
can call a judge (anytime, day or night) and
ask for an emergency protective order that
goes into effect immediately. An emergency
protective order lasts for up to seven days.
The emergency protective order can make the
abusive person leave the home and keep that
person away from you and your children, for
up to seven days.
Since
you need a police officer's assistance to
get an emergency protective order, it is important
to describe to him or her the abuser's actions
and why you are afraid.
Restraining
Orders
Besides an emergency protective order, a victim
of domestic abuse can also pursue a restraining
order through the courts. A restraining order
is a court order. It can require the person
you want restrained to stop threatening you
or hurting you and your children or the people
who live with you. Restraining orders can
also tell someone to stop calling, move out,
stay away from where you live or work, give
up a gun, limit the time he or she spends
with your children, pay certain bills, pay
child support, release or return certain property,
or pay some or all of your attorney fees.
These orders can last for as little as a week
or as long as three years. They can also be
permanent. If you get a restraining order,
you can ask a police officer, sheriff’s
deputy, or other law enforcement officer to
make the other person do what the order says.
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