Safety in Your Home

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Safety in Your Home

Safety measures you can use include:

• Keep all doors and windows locked.

• Change the locks on your doors as soon as possible.

• Buy additional locks and safety devices to secure your windows.

• Install security systems including additional locks, window bars, poles to wedge against doors, an electronic system, etc.

• Discuss a safety plan with your children for when you are not with them.

• Inform neighbors and landlord that your partner no longer lives with you and that they should call the police if they see him/ her near your home.

• Install an outside lighting system that lights up when a person is coming close to your house.

• If you plan to move, consider a second story apartment or a building with locked entrances.

• Plan how to get away if confronted by an abusive partner.

• Identify people you can call in case of emergency.

Do I qualify for a TRO?

In order to qualify for a Domestic Violence TRO, you must have one item in each of the following three categories:

1. Relationship to the person you want restrained MUST be:

q Spouse or former spouse

q Person with whom you share(d) a living space (intimate partner)

q Have or had a dating relationship

q Have a child in common

Note – If you currently have an attorney for a family matter, we cannot meet with you.

2. The person you wish to have restrained must ALSO have committed one of the following acts:

q Recent physical violence

q Recent threats of physical violence

q Harassment

q Recent sexual assault or molestation

q Stalking

q Severe verbal abuse

3. The Legal Network will assist you in identifying corroborating evidence. Examples of evidence are as follows:

q Photos of injuries or damaged property

q Medical records

q Police reports

q Reports from Child Welfare Services

q Voicemail or Text Messages (excessive or threatening)

q Declarations from Witnesses (must be signed under penalty of perjury)

q Prior TRO or restraining order Violations

In order to qualify for a Domestic Violence TRO, you must have one item in each of the following three categories:

1. Relationship to the person you want restrained MUST be:

• Spouse or former spouse

• Person with whom you share(d) a living space (intimate partner)

• Have or had a dating relationship

• Have a child in common

Note – If you currently have an attorney for a family matter, we cannot meet with you.

2. The person you wish to have restrained must ALSO have committed one of the following acts:

• Recent physical violence

• Recent threats of physical violence

• Harassment

• Recent sexual assault or molestation

• Stalking

• Severe verbal abuse

3. The Legal Network requires corroborating evidence to be filed with all TRO applications. Examples of evidence are as follows:

• Photos of injuries or damaged property

• Medical records

• Police reports

• Reports from Child Welfare Services

• Voicemail or Text Messages

(excessive or threatening)

• Declarations from Witnesses

(must be signed under penalty of perjury)

• Prior TRO or restraining order Violations

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