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A restraining order in Mississippi essentially bars one party (person) from contacting the victim. This prevents harassment, intimidation, and/or stalking; it also mitigates the abuser from retaliating against the victim for obtaining a restraining order or harming them in general.
If you and the abuser have minor children together, a temporary order can only last up to 30 days, maximum. However, if you do not have minor children together, a temporary protective order can be longer than 30 days, up to a maximum of one year.
Step 1: Go to circuit court and request a petition. Go to the circuit court where you live, where the abuser lives, or where the abuse occurred. Step 2: Fill out the petition. Carefully fill out the petition. Step 3: A judge will review your petition. Step 4: Service of process. Step 5: The hearing.
A protection order aims at preventing the reoccurrence of domestic violence or sexual harassment by stating what conduct the alleged offender must refrain from doing. As long as he/she complies with the protection order, the complainant will be safe.
It does not cost anything to file for an order of protection. Many orders of protection cases are handled without a lawyer however it can often be helpful to have one represent you in court.

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A restraining order in Mississippi essentially bars one party (person) from contacting the victim. This prevents harassment, intimidation, and/or stalking; it also mitigates the abuser from retaliating against the victim for obtaining a restraining order or harming them in general.
In order to be eligible for a protective order, you must have been, within a reasonable period of time, subjected to an act involving violence, force, or threat that results in bodily injury or places you in reason- able fear of death, sexual assault, or bodily injury. (See Code of Virginia 19.2-152.10).
If you and the abuser have minor children together, a temporary order can only last up to 30 days, maximum. However, if you do not have minor children together, a temporary protective order can be longer than 30 days, up to a maximum of one year.
- Temporary Protection Orders (TPOs) refers to the protection order issued by the court on the date of filing of the application after ex parte determination that such order should be issued. A court may grant in a TPO any, some or all of the reliefs mentioned in this Act and shall be effective for thirty (30) days.
The order could potentially last up 150 days, although criminal provisions may last for 3 years. A no-contact order prevents defendants from having any contact with the alleged victim. This includes verbal, written, electronic, and digital communications.

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