RESTRAINING ORDERS
There are several types of restraining orders that can be
issued within a divorce case. One type
of restraining order is similar to a protection order and simply tells your
spouse to leave you alone and stay away. In the past, violations of these types
of restraining orders were not considered crimes. Violations of restraining
orders entered by the divorce court were enforceable only by contempt of court
proceedings. So, victims of domestic violence often preferred to have a
separate Protection Order because they wanted the abuser to go to jail if he
violated the order. However, the law has now been changed to provide that
violation of a divorce restraining order is a Class II Misdemeanor.
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