After you petition the court, temporary or lengthy restraining orders (also known as protective orders) may be issued.

Orders issued in a domestic violence case may include:

- That the restrained person shall not contact, contact, attack, strike, threaten, batter, telephone or  otherwise disturb the peace of the protected person.

- That the restrained person shall immediately move from the residence shared with the protected person.

- That the restrained person shall stay at least 100 yards away from the protected person, the protected person's residence, and the protected person's place of employment.

- That the restrained person is ordered to participate in batterer treatment counseling and to return to court with proof of completion of such a program.

- That the restrained person is prohibited from purchasing a firearm.

Other people, (such as family members who live with yuou) may be included with the protected person in a restraining order, to reduce the potential for harm.