Restraining order

[Samiann1899]

Hello, I live in New Hampshire and was curious as the laws pertaining temporary restraining orders. I am currently in high school right now, 17, so I am also under the age of a legal adult in NH. If someone were to get a temporary order against me, and they do NOT go to my school. Would they be allowed to go to my high school events, forcing me to avoid them? Like if I wanted to go to prom, but they had an order against me, would I be forced to miss my own prom because they want to go? Even though they don't go to my school?

 

[cbg]

How about you don't do anything that would cause someone to get a restraining order against you, and then you won't have to worry about it.

 

[quincy]

Hello, I live in New Hampshire and was curious as the laws pertaining temporary restraining orders. I am currently in high school right now, 17, so I am also under the age of a legal adult in NH. If someone were to get a temporary order against me, and they do NOT go to my school. Would they be allowed to go to my high school events, forcing me to avoid them? Like if I wanted to go to prom, but they had an order against me, would I be forced to miss my own prom because they want to go? Even though they don't go to my school?

A person who has a restraining order against another person cannot go out of their way to make the restrained party violate the order. In other words, if a person from another school has a restraining order against you, that person cannot appear at your school just to put you in violation of the order.

That said, if you have done something that results in a court issuing a restraining order against you, there is a chance that you will not be allowed at your own high school events anyway, depending on the reason for the issuance of the order and the terms of the order. Restraining orders are not issued over minor Facebook spats between kids.

Here are links to information on restraining orders in New Hampshire: http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state-type.php?id=84&state_code=NH and http://statelaws.findlaw.com/new-hampshire-law/new-hampshire-protective-orders-laws.html and http://www.courts.state.nh.us/superior/servicecenters/checklists/checklistfiles/Restrainingpetition.pdf

I agree with cbg. If you have not already caused an issue with another person that requires you to be restrained, don't. Leave the other person alone.