Petitions may be filed to shield oneself from domestic violence and other alleged offenses, but court orders are unenforceable if not served.

The accused individual challenged a criminal protective order during an arraignment hearing, arguing there was no probable ...

PROVIDENCE, RI — Where a Superior Court judge dissolved an order of protection, the judge erred in applying a clear and convincing standard to determine whether the plaintiff had been assaulted by the ...

The Colorado Supreme Court's majority ruled on Monday that a violation of a restraining order can always serve as a basis to find a defendant guilty of burglary, as well.

A Durham County judge arrested on a domestic violence charge was already under a domestic violence protective order in Wake County, according to documents obtained by The News & Observer. Clayton ...

PROVIDENCE, RI — A preponderance of the evidence standard should be used in domestic protective order proceedings in which temporary firearm restrictions are imposed, the Rhode Island Supreme Court ...

Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley is no longer seeking a civil protection order against two local men he previously accused of plotting to kill him. Foley’s office in a Sunday, Oct. 19 ...