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CALIFORNIA RESTRAINING ORDER
ATTORNEY
You
need a Los Angeles restraining order lawyer with
experience and dertermination if you want a restraining
order,
or are defending against a restraining order!
DON’T
PROCEED WITHOUT CONSULTING KENNETH H. LEWIS
All
too often today when the police are called out to resolve
a dispute between neighbors, husbands/wives, boyfriends/girlfriends,
or fellow employees, they refuse to do their duty and
tell the parties to “get a restraining order”.
This takes them off the hook and makes the court the entity
that determines who is right or wrong. Once the court
issues a restraining order it usually goes on the criminal
data base (i.e. “rap sheet”) and devastating
consequences can occur. Jobs can be lost. Future employment
can be affected. School admission denied. Most importantly,
a violation of a restraining order is
a criminal offense, punishable
by a fine and/or imprisonment
in jail! You need an experienced and qualified attorney
to handle your restraining order case.
KENNETH H. LEWIS is such an attorney.
Call today for a free consultation.
Kenneth
H. Lewis has been a Los Angeles attorney for
over 30 years. He has handled numerous restraining
order cases for parties seeking the order, and
parties defending against a requested order. This is a
specialized area of the law, and few attorneys have experience
in this area and know the “in’s and out’s”
of restraining order cases. Don’t
rely on an attorney without experience in this area. |
Are
there different types of restraining orders?
Yes.
There are three types of restraining orders: “domestic
violence”, “civil harassment”
and “work place violence”
and they cover different types of situations and
relationships.
Domestic
Violence restraining orders apply to the following
types of relationships and situations:
- A
spouse or former spouse
- A
cohabitant or former cohabitant (i.e. someone
who lives or lived with someone else)
- A
person with whom you have had or have a dating
or engagement relationship
- A
person with whom you have had a child
- Includes
a variety of behaviors including threatened
or actual physical harm to a person or property.
Other offensive conduct and diverse forms of
harassment.
Civil
Harassment restraining orders apply to the following
types of relationships and situations:
- Persons
that lack the type of intimate relationships
outlined above for Domestic Violence Restraining
Orders
- Examples
would be neighbors and classmates
- Must
be “harassment”
behavior likely to cause “great and irreparable
harm”
- Examples
include unlawful violence; credible threat of
violence, a knowing and willful course of conduct
directed at a specific person that seriously
alarms, annoys, or harasses the person, and
serves no legitimate purpose
- The
course of conduct must be of a kind to cause
a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional
distress, and which actually occurs
Workplace
Violence restraining orders apply to the following
types of relationships and situations:
- Employee/employee
- Employee/employer
- An
employer may seek a restraining order on behalf
of an employee
- The
order may be for the benefit of an employee,
his or her family or household members who reside
with them
- Requires
actual violence, or a creditable threat of violence
in the workplace
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What
is the legal procedure for issuing a restraining order?
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A
“Petition” (i.e. specialized paperwork)
is filed with the appropriate court
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A
“Temporary Restraining Order” is often
requested so that the court can enforce a restraining
order until a full hearing is held in court.
This usually lasts for one to three weeks
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A
full hearing (i.e. a “mini-trial”) is
held before a judge without a jury to determine whether
a restraining order should issue
for a maximum of three or five years depending on
what type of case it is.
Why
hire attorney Kenneth H. Lewis and Associates for your
restraining order?
The
paperwork in a restraining order case must be completed
properly with information and declarations that the judge
will find relevant and timely. Legal issues need to be
properly raised and cited. Witnesses may need to be subpoenaed.
Exhibits need to be properly prepared. Effective direct
and cross-examination must be conducted to suitably present
the client’s case. This is no time for an amateur
or a beginner to try out their wings - too much is at
stake!
Call
Ken Lewis now to schedule a FREE CONSULTATION
at: 213-624-4904, day or night. It’s your freedom,
and you need the very best representation to protect it!
LAW
OFFICES OF
KENNETH H. LEWIS AND ASSOCIATES
633 West Fifth Street, 26th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
TELEPHONE
213-624-4904
E-MAIL: info@larestrainingorderattorney.com
FAX: 213-623-7301 |
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