Legal Question in Criminal Law in Ohio

I am writing from Columbus Ohio. My god daughter is being terrorized by her children's father(they have never been married). He is on probation. He has kicked in her door, punched her in the stomach, broken out her truck windows after stealing it, come back to the home after being told not to be on the premises, etc. He is threatening her life. She has numerous police reports on file(with witnesses-I for one) but needs to follow up downtown with the prosecutor to formalize the complaints. Yesterday she was granted a temporary emergency restraining order. She will have to go before the judge in the near future to prove that the protective order is valid. In addition she is contacting his PO. here is my question: What happens if she does not formalize the complaints with the prosecutor? She and her father seem to think that filing the restraining order and calling the PO is enough. I think that the protection order won't stick-her case won't hold up in court if she doesn't follow thru. Which is true?

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