By Tanya Helfand | Published January 10, 2020 | Posted in Family Law | Tagged Tags: Custody, domestic violence, parenting time, restraining order, risk assessment |
A final domestic violence restraining order is granted by the court after a trial in which the Court determines by a preponderance of evidence that an act of domestic violence took place. There is no consent to restraining orders in New Jersey. The Order is granted to protect the victim and can include but not Read More
Read MoreAfter a Final Restraining Order (FRO) is issued for domestic violence, the parties cannot be in the same place together. If the victim who has a Final Restraining Order approaches the Defendant or instigates conflict (such as a wife calling her husband names or going to where he is when he has parenting time), she Read More
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