A civil harassment restraining order can provide you with protection right away. Once you turn in your request, a judge will decide quickly whether to grant temporary protection. The whole process can take a few weeks to months, depending on how complicated your case is.
Qualifying Criteria for Obtaining a Restraining Order Relationship: You must have a qualifying relationship with the person you are seeking protection from. Acts of Abuse: You need to demonstrate that the person has engaged in acts of harassment, abuse, or violence towards you.
To ask the sheriff to serve your papers, you must have an address or location for the other side (restrained person). If the other side is in jail, the sheriff can serve them. If the other side is in prison in California, prison staff, not the sheriff, will serve your papers.
Fill out all required forms Request for Civil Harassment Restraining Orders (form CH-100) Confidential CLETS Information (form CLETS-001) Notice of Court Hearing (form CH-109) Temporary Restraining Order (form CH-110) Civil Case Cover Sheet (form CM-010)
Qualifying Criteria for Obtaining a Restraining Order Relationship: You must have a qualifying relationship with the person you are seeking protection from. Acts of Abuse: You need to demonstrate that the person has engaged in acts of harassment, abuse, or violence towards you.
The specific elements you need to prove to get a restraining order vary from state to state, but in general, you need to show: A specific instance or instances of abuse or harassment (such as sexual assault by an intimate partner) The threat of violence or of further abusive behavior or harassment.
Temporary Restraining Order. (CLETS-TRO) (Domestic Violence Prevention) DV-110.
State to the court that you would like a restraining order and what you would like the court to order. Be as specific as possible. Examples: “I am asking the court to grant me a _____ month/year injunction.” “I want no contact in person, at home, by phone, at work, by mail or through third parties.”
Qualifying Criteria for Obtaining a Restraining Order Relationship: You must have a qualifying relationship with the person you are seeking protection from. Acts of Abuse: You need to demonstrate that the person has engaged in acts of harassment, abuse, or violence towards you.