WHO CAN VIOLATE THE RESTRAINING ORDER?
Any person who is named as a defendant may violate the order. Remember this is a no contact order. If your abuser calls you, sends flowers, cards, letters, etc., the abuser is in violation unless otherwise worded in the order. The (victim) plaintiff cannot violate the order, but remember you requested this no contact order for your safety. 6. CAN I SEE OR SPEAK WITH THE DEFENDANT? Although as the victim you are not ordered to stay away from the defendant and cannot be arrested, we urge you to limit contact. When restraints were ordered, you feared for your safety. If circumstances have changed, do not assume the order is not in effect. The abuser may be arrested if with you, even with your permission. Please contact Providence House or the Domestic Violence Crisis Intervention Unit 732-929-2019 for direction in dismissing the restraining order.
