How do restraining orders work?
With respect to temporary restraining orders, if there is family violence, the Family Court can get you a restraining order immediately, ex-parte. Ex-parte means without the other side having anything to say about it in the first few days. All that is required is for you to come to my office, and we discuss a temporary restraining order with you. We can get an immediate temporary restraining order, whereby one spouse is actually thrown out of his or her own house. There are two main types of temporary restraining orders: • Stay away provision—In the best-case scenario, temporary restraining orders have what is called a stay-away provision. A stay away provision says that a spouse must stay away from the children and/or the other spouse. • No molest, harass, or annoy provision—The lesser restraining order says that it is a no molest, harass, or annoy restraining order. These restraining orders simply tell one spouse that if the spouse molests, annoys, threatens, or harms the other spous
