Restraining Orders

A temporary or final restraining order can order the abuser not to:

• commit or attempt to commit any future act of nonconsensual sexual contact, sexual penetration, or lewdness against you;
• enter your or your family or household members’ residence, property, school, or place of employment,
• come near any specific place identified in the order that you or your family or household members frequently go to;
• have any contact with you or other people named in the order;
• personally, or through another person, start any communication that is likely to cause annoyance or alarm with you, your family members, or their employers, employees, or fellow workers, an employee or volunteer of a sexual assault response organization that is providing services to you, or others with whom communication would be likely to cause annoyance or alarm to you. The type of communication could include personal, written, or telephone contact; or contact through electronic devices;
• stalk or follow you or threaten to harm, stalk, or follow you; and
• commit or attempt to commit an act of harassment, including an act of cyber-harassment, against you.¹

Note: For either a temporary or final order, the judge can also order any other relief that s/he decides is appropriate.²

¹ NJSA §§ 2C:14-15(e); 2C:14-16(e), (f)
² NJSA § 2C:14-16(e)(6), (f)(5)