Who can get a protective order?
In Louisiana, anyone who has one of the following relationships to the abuser can be eligible for a protective order:
- a family member, which includes:
- a spouse or former spouse;
- a child, step-child, foster child;
- grandchildren, great-grandchildren (“descendants”);
- a parent, step-parent, foster parent;
- grandparents, great-grandparents (“ascendants”);
- the other parent of the abuser’s child;
- the other foster parent of the abuser’s foster child;
- a household member, which includes:
- someone who live(d) with the abuser in the same home and is/was in a sexual or intimate relationship with the abuser;1
- any child who live(d) in the same home as the abuser;
- a dating partner, which is defined as someone who is/was involved in a sexual or intimate relationship with the abuser, regardless of if they ever lived together.2
1 LA R. S. 46: 2132(4)
2 LA R. S. 46: 2151(B)