What are the requirements for filing a Petition for Injunction?
For domestic violence, this action is available if the respondent presently resides with you, or has lived with you in the past as a member of the family, such as a spouse, former spouse, person related by blood or marriage, person who has lived together with you as though he/she were your spouse, or person with whom you have had a child, even if you have never lived together. For repeat violence, this action is available if you have been a victim of assault, battery or sexual violence by the respondent at least twice within the past 6 months. The following conditions should also be met: (1) you and respondent are not related by blood; (2) you and respondent have no children together; and (3) you and respondent have never lived together. For sexual violence, this action is available if (1) you have reported the sexual violence to a law enforcement agency and are cooperating in any criminal proceeding against the respondent, and (2) the respondent who committed the sexual violence was s
