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Restraining orders are not criminal charges, and they appear on your civil record, not your criminal record. However, you could also be charged with criminal offenses such as domestic violence or assault in conjunction with a restraining order.

Now that you have a restraining order, you may need to enforce it if the restrained person violates the order. Enforce usually means to call the police to report a violation. The restrained person can go to jail or pay a fine if convicted of violating your restraining order.

DV-120 Response to Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order.

You can't violate the order that is against the other person. If you call or go to see them because you need to talk about the kids or something else, you are not violating the Order. But if the order says they can't contact you and they do so anyway, then they are violating the order.

Temporary Restraining Orders If a judge is unwilling to grant the TRO, that essentially means that the petitioner has not made a reasonable primafacie case of harassment or abuse, and does not bode well for the petitioner's case.

This standard means that the Court must see photographs, text messages, e-mails or any other physical evidence that can support claims made by the Petitioner. The court will not entertain a simple exchange of allegations. The petitioner must provide specific acts of harassment, threats or physical harm as evidence.

2.3. A person can ask for a civil harassment restraining order if: the person is being harassed, stalked, abused, or threatened by someone else, and. the person is not in a close relationship with the restrained party (as with domestic violence restraining orders).

California Restraining Order Violation Penalties If convicted of violating a protective order a second time, it can either be charged as a misdemeanor or felony, which includes anywhere from probation and as much as one year in jail, to three years in a state prison and maximum fine as much as $10,000.

Anyone seeking such an order must be prepared to present some evidence in addition to their own written statements and testimony in Court. This standard means that the Court must see photographs, text messages, e-mails or any other physical evidence that can support claims made by the Petitioner.