Victims of stalking or sexual violence in Ohio now have a new tool to walk them through how to get a civil protection order from the courts. Ohio Legal Help developed the tool to give step-by-step ...

Protective orders are designed to help victims of domestic violence create a barrier between themselves and their alleged offender. In Virginia, there are basically three types of protective orders.

Courts, when confronted with petitions for orders of protection from both parties in a relationship, often issue each party a temporary order of protection, both orders mirroring the other, known as ...

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