Restraining Orders

An ex parte order and a final protection order may:

• order the abuser to stop abusing, harassing, and annoying you;
• order the abuser to have no contact with you or your children;
• keep the abuser from entering your home, school, business or place of employment, or those of your children;
• evict the abuser and give you possession of the residence, even if the residence is owned by the abuser;
• give you custody of your child;
• require the abuser to pay you monthly support;
• require the abuser to pay rent, mortgage, or utility payments;
• require either party, or both, to attend counseling;
• order that the respondent not remove, damage, hide, harm, or get rid of any companion animal owned or possessed by you;
• allow you to remove your companion animal from the possession of the abuser;
• give you use of motor vehicle and other possessions;¹
• direct a wireless service provider to transfer the rights to, and billing responsibility for, any cell phone number(s) that you or any minor children in your care use if you are not already the account holder;² and
• grant any other relief that the judge considers reasonable and fair.¹

Whether a judge orders any or all of the above depends on the facts of your case.

¹ Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.31(E)(1)
² Ohio Rev. Code §§ 3113.31(E)(1)(k); 3113.451