What step has to be followed b4 a person can issue an official restraining order?

Question

What step has to be followed b4 a person can issue an official restraining order?

Answer 1

Depends. A woman getting a restraining order against a man? Just call the police and make something up. If you tell them that he hit you (even if he never has), you'll have your restraining order by the end of the day.

Answer 2

Typically there has to be the threat of imminent bodily injury to you by someone else before a prosecutor (or a private attorney) will seek an immediate restraining order.  A judge will not issue one without some sort of imminent threat.

Answer 3

Anytime anyone represents a danger to someone else, that is enough reason to file a restraining order against them.