I am 23 years old and I live in Oregon. This is a VERY long story, so I will just make it as short as possible. My girlfriend had me arrested and also filed a restraining order against me. I had been with her for 3 years and never once in that time had I hurt her or threatened her. I would never lay a hand on her, but she claimes that she felt "unsafe" that night and still feels unsafe around me. All that happened is we had gotten into an arguement and she wanted to leave instead of discuss. I basically stood in the doorway trying to get her to calm down because I really just wanted to work everything out. That's the extent of what happened.
I already had my hearing which they no complainted and dissmissed the the case. Going by this, I am assuming that they too feel that I did nothing to warrant the arrest OR the restraining order. I now want to have the restraining order dropped because I do not want that on my record for the next year.
What can I do here? What kind of chance do I have to get this thing dropped? If after 3 years of being together she really wants nothing to do with me, that's fine. I can accept that and move on. But I do not want this restraining order against me.
So any help here would be great. I know that I can contest it, but I also want to know that before I go through all the motions I actually have a chance of having it lifted. I'd greatly appreciate any advice!
I already had my hearing which they no complainted and dissmissed the the case. Going by this, I am assuming that they too feel that I did nothing to warrant the arrest OR the restraining order. I now want to have the restraining order dropped because I do not want that on my record for the next year.
What can I do here? What kind of chance do I have to get this thing dropped? If after 3 years of being together she really wants nothing to do with me, that's fine. I can accept that and move on. But I do not want this restraining order against me.
So any help here would be great. I know that I can contest it, but I also want to know that before I go through all the motions I actually have a chance of having it lifted. I'd greatly appreciate any advice!