Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

Restraining Order Against Son

In retaliation for an angry blog my son wrote about her infidelity, my son's former girlfriend (they broke up over 3 months ago) falsely accused him of sexually assaulting her during their relationship, and stalking her since their mutual decision to breakup. A restraining order was granted against him even tho she had absolutely ZERO evidence to support her false allegations, and my son had numerous testimony from her former friends and family members that she had made the exact same allegations against another former boyfriend, which would indicate that this is a pattern for her. Additionally, he made no attempts to contact her in the over three months since they broke up, seeing her only 2 times by mutual agreement to resolve shared business issues, once coincidentally when he dropped off her belongings, and once when she herself served him with the temporary order, at which time she told him to ''stop your blog''. Does he have any further legal recourse and/or should he fight the restraining order? They work for the same corporation and could possibly run into one another.


Asked on 11/17/08, 6:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Christopher Steuart IT Forensics, Inc.

Re: Restraining Order Against Son

Protection Orders and Restraining Orders are pretty liberally handed out by courts. Once the "permanent" order is entered the burden is on your son to show why it should be lifted. I have never told a client that I think I can get that type of order removed, even though I have on occasion been successful (I'm usually surprised to). The detailed facts of the situation control whether I think it may be worth the effort to try.

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Answered on 11/18/08, 8:05 pm


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