Restraining Orders

If the judge finds that you are the victim of sexual abuse and that you fear for your physical safety, the order will state that the abuser must:

• not contact you; and
• not do (or attempt to do) any of the following: intimidate, molest, interfere with or menace (physically threaten) you.

At your request, the judge can also order:

• that the abuser not contact your children, family members, or household members;
• that the abuser not enter or attempt to enter your residence or come within an area around your residence;
• that the abuser not intimidate, molest, interfere with, or menace your children and family or household members (or attempt to); and/or
• anything else necessary for your safety and the safety or your children and family or household members.¹

¹ ORS § 163.765(1)(a),(b)