Domestic Violence Restraining Orders

Domestic violence is a scary and unfortunate issue to experience. The Family Code defines it as including striking, pushing, threatening, harassing, stalking, keeping surveillance on, following, blocking the movements of, destroying the property of the victim, etc. The aggressor must be currently or formerly related to you somehow. Otherwise, you probably need a Civil Harassment Restraining Order, instead of a Domestic Violence Restraining Order. The common theme in domestic violence is control. If you are currently experiencing a domestic violence emergency, please call 911 immediately. A police officer can help you get what's called an "Emergency Protective Order". Then, call Allysyn so she can help you assess and pursue your rights under the Domestic Violence Protective Order laws.

Defending a domestic violence restraining order can be scary, too, because there is so much at stake. A domestic violence restraining order, where you are the restrained party, can cause you to lose custody of your child(ren), and have to see them only in a supervised setting. You will then likely be given unsupervised visitation once the court sees that you are doing all the right things to improve yourself and restore the relationship with your child(ren). But just because the other party successfully obtains a temporary restraining order against you, doesn’t always mean it will stick. Hiring the right family law attorney can make a huge impact on your case, and could even get the restraining oder termniated upon your hearing. If that happens, you will likely be able to visit your child(ren) in an unsupervised setting of your choosing, and on a schedule that is in the child’s best interest.