The Service Tree lists all services in "branched" groups, starting with the very general and moving to the very specific. Click on the name of any group name to see the sub-groups available within it. Click on a service code to see its details and the providers who offer that service.
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Programs that help adults obtain an order from the police or the courts that protects them from abuse or threats of abuse from a current or former spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend, someone they have a child with, someone they live with or someone they are related to through blood or marriage. Included are emergency protective orders that police can obtain from the court to provide immediate protection to an abused family member for five to seven days until an application for a temporary restraining order can be made in court; longer-term temporary restraining orders issued in civil court that forbid contact with the protected person until the propriety of granting a permanent injunction can be evaluated; permanent or after-hearing restraining orders that make a short-term injunction granted in the temporary restraining order permanent (or specify the amount of time they will remain in effect); and criminal temporary protective orders which apply in situations where an abusive individual has been arrested and faces trial.
Programs that help stalking or cyberstalking victims or people who are experiencing other forms of harassment obtain a restraining order in situations where the harasser is someone other than a close family member or part of the victim's household, e.g., a neighbor, roommate, friend the individual has never dated, coworker or more distant family member such as a cousin, uncle or aunt. A victim can qualify for a harassment order if the harasser has intentionally committed a series of acts that are frightening, annoying or harassing, and have caused the victim substantial emotional distress. Stalking orders and harassment orders (sometimes called "civil harassment orders") may be separate orders with different criteria or combined in a single order depending on the jurisdiction; and some may also include protection for individuals who have been sexually assaulted. NOTE: U.S. only.