Court Procedures / Evidence / Service

One possible option in some states is that as part of a civil court case, a party may be able to ask the court to issue an injunction (also called a restraining order), which can be a court order that prevents someone from acting in a certain way. Often times, these types of injunctions deal with behavior such as preventing someone from transferring assets, destroying or selling property, building a fence on a property line that is in dispute, or some other behavior that the court believes will cause irreparable harm if the injunction is not issued. This may be issued in a divorce before division of assets or in other cases where the judge wants to prevent someone from doing something that may harm/negatively affect the other party. Although the name of this order is a restraining order, it is generally completely separate than a restraining order based upon domestic violence and is often handled in a different court. Unfortunately, we don’t have any information on this type of civil court restraining order so I can’t give you more information on whether you can get one, how, and where. You may want to talk to an attorney to see if perhaps your specific situation fits into any case where an injunction/restraining order could be filed. Here is a link for lawyers: LINK