At Kern Law, APC, we have successfully defended clients for 20 years against DVTRO’s. A DVTRO that is granted has serious consequences. A restraining order can include restraints on personal conduct by the restrained party, firearm restrictions, orders to stay away from a home, work, or child’s school, being ordered to move out of a residence, and other miscellaneous orders.
A DVTRO is a request for an order to prevent abuse from reoccurring. Abuse is defined as the following:
- Sexual Assault.
- Recklessly or intentionally causing or attempting to cause bodily injury.
- Placing a person in reasonable apprehension of imminent serious bodily injury to that person or to another.
- Engaging in any behavior that has been or could be illegal such as molesting, attacking, striking, stalking, threatening, battering, harassing, destroying personal property, contacting the other by mail, telephone, or otherwise disturbing the peace of the other party.
For a Court to order a Domestic Violence Restraining Order, the person must have, or have had, a close personal relationship with the party they are requesting to have restrained. Under a DVTRO, a relationship is defined as close if at least one of the following applies:
- You have or had an engagement or dating relationship with the other party.
- You are married or were married to the other party.
- You have or had children with the other party.
- You are related to the other party by marriage, blood, or adoption.
- You and the other party live together, or lived together, as members of the same household.
If you have been served with the DVTRO, contact Kern Law, APC, today.