Restraining Orders

You can file for an order if you are the victim of domestic abuse, as defined below, or if you have reasonable cause to believe that you are in immediate danger of becoming the victim of any act of abuse.¹ Alabama law defines “domestic abuse” for the purpose of getting a protection from abuse order as the actual or attempted occurrence of one or more of the following acts between a current or former intimate partner/household member:

• assault in the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd degrees;
• arson;
• rape/sodomy/sexual abuse - scroll to “Article 4. Sexual Offenses” to read all of the crimes included;
• criminal coercion;
• harassment;
• reckless endangerment;
• child abuse, torture or willful abuse of a child, aggravated child abuse, or chemical endangerment of a child;
• kidnapping in the 1^st and 2^nd degrees;
• menacing;
• theft, which includes taking unauthorized control or getting control through deception over property owned fully or jointly by you;
• stalking in the 1^st, 2^nd degrees;
• aggravated stalking in the 1^st and 2^nd degrees;
• unlawful imprisonment in the 1^st and 2^nd degrees;
• criminal trespass in the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd degrees;² or
• any other crime against you.³

¹ Ala. Code § 30-5-5(a)(1)
² Ala. Code § 30-5-2(1)(a)-(i), (1)(k)-(o)
³ Ala. Code § 30-5-2(1)(j)