Illinois Restraining Orders

An order of protection is a civil order that provides protection for any of the following people:

1. victims of domestic violence;
2. a high-risk adult with disabilities who is abused, neglected, or exploited by a family or household member;
3. a person living or employed at a private home or public shelter that houses an abused family or household member;
4. any of the following people if they are abused by the family or household member of a child:
   • a foster parent of that child;
   • a legally-appointed guardian or legally-appointed custodian of that child;
   • an adoptive parent of that child; or
   • a prospective adoptive parent of that child.