Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

restraining orders

my question is how can a restraining order be backed by the police department of a city. I have a restraining order(for three years) against a person that say she must stay 200 yards away from me, my car, my house, and my place of employment, yet the police department allows this person to carry on as thought there isn't a order against her. The day she received the petition to remove herself and her belongings she broke the order then by distroying alot of my personal things. The police department would not allow me into my own home while she was tearing my house apart.

now do i get this problem solved?


Asked on 7/26/03, 4:38 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Miller Robert L. Miller & Associates, A Law Corporation

Re: restraining orders

Thank you for your posting.

If the police won't help, you need to bring a contempt order before the court or judge that originally issued the restraining order. You must document, through your statement or the statements of other witnesses, how she violated the restraining order, and the judge has the power to find her in contempt and choose an appropriate punishment, including jail time if necessary.

I hope that this helps, but if you have any further questions, want more information, or feel that you need legal representation, please feel free to email me directly at [email protected]. I am happy to help in any way that I can.

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Answered on 7/28/03, 11:22 pm


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