Stalking Protection Order

STALKING PROTECTIVE ORDER.A Stalking Protective Order (SPO) is a court order that tells a person (the “respondent”) to stop contacting you and members of your immediate family and household. If the SPO is granted, the court may also order that the respondent cannot have guns. Respondent must have made repeated and unwanted contact with you or a member of your immediate family or household. That contact must cause alarm, fear, or the feeling of being forced to do or not do something against your will. Contacts can be made either directly (by Respondent themselves) or through someone else (for example, having a friend follow you or send messages). “Repeated” means at least 2 incidents within the past 2 years. The incidents do not have to involve the same kind of contact or contact with the same person. Contact can mean waiting outside your home, job, or school, following you, letters, phone calls, texts, or emails, or committing a crime against you. Contact with you includes any of these actions against a member of your immediate family or household. The contacts must cause you to reasonably fear for the physical safety of yourself or a member of your immediate family or household. Fill out the Petition for Stalking Protective Order and the Temporary Order on Petition/Citation for Stalking Protective Order. Your court may have a facilitator or advocate available to help you with the forms. They cannot answer legal questions. www.FormsWorkflow.com