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Federal law prohibits any person who is subject to a state protective order from possessing a firearm, [23] provided that the protected party is an intimate partner, meaning a spouse or former spouse, or a person with whom the protected party has had a child. [24] Violating a restraining order is a deportable offense. [citation needed]
In the area of domestic violence, U.S. courts will routinely issue a temporary order of protection (TOP) (or temporary protective order, TPO) to prevent any further violence or threat of violence. In family law, temporary orders can also be called pendente lite relief and may include grants of temporary alimony, child custody, and/or visitation.
A Civil Harassment Restraining Order (CHO) is a form of restraining order or order of protection used in the state of California.It is a legal intervention in which a person who is deemed to be harassing, threatening or stalking another person is ordered to stop, with the goal of reducing risk of further threat or harm to the person being harassed.
The El Paso County Attorney's Office is making sure victims of domestic violence, sexual assaults and stalking are able to get free protective orders providing a "legal shield of safety from their ...
Attorneys for the student claim Walters and Cleveland already publicly identified the student during a meeting of the State Board of Education, so a protective order is needed to prevent such a ...
The student’s attorneys made an initial request for a protective order to Tupper on April 15, and after confusion over who was representing Walters and the board — due to Cleveland's departure ...
In common law jurisdictions and some civil law jurisdictions, legal professional privilege protects all communications between a professional legal adviser (a solicitor, barrister or attorney) and his or her clients from being disclosed without the permission of the client. The privilege is that of the client and not that of the lawyer.
A protective order put in place in September will remain in effect until Jan. 4, 2064. ... the State's Attorney told ESPN. Connecticut State Police arrested Parmalee on Aug. 27 as he was walking ...