Protective orders are designed to safeguard victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, and other crimes by legally requiring abusers to stay away. However, obtaining one can be daunting ...

Cassandra felt hopeless. “The police keep telling me to get a protection order, but it keeps getting denied because I haven’t had any physical abuse,” she explained. “But my ex keeps driving by, ...

State Sen. Jason Prokop said that after speaking with multiple advocates and survivors, he thinks protection orders are not ...

David J. Kessler, Jami Mills Vibbert and Alex Altman of Norton Rose Fulbright US write: In the digital age, the bench and bar should recognize that protective orders should be drafted not only to ...

The bill is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, and nine other states have similar legislation in place already.

The Connecticut Supreme Court has just redrawn the line that separates your right to own a gun from the court’s power to take it away when a protective order is in place. Instead of treating firearm ...

The Washington Hope Card program, initially launched Jan. 1, has now sent out 2,000 wallet-sized copies of protection orders for vulnerable adults and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, ...