Restraining Orders

You can seek legal protection from acts of domestic abuse committed by a current or former intimate partner or family or household member, which includes:

• a spouse or ex-spouse;
• someone with whom you have a biological child in common;
• someone you are dating or used to date;
• someone with whom you lived in an intimate way;¹
• parents, grandparents, stepparents, adoptive parents, and foster parents;
• children, grandchildren, stepchildren, adopted children, and foster children; or
• anyone related to you by blood or marriage, regardless of whether you are living in the same household or not.²

Additionally, you may be able to petition for a protective order against someone who is not a family or household member if any of the following apply:

1. if you are the immediate family member of a victim of first degree murder, you can file against the person who committed the murder; or
2. if you are a victim of one of the following acts committed by anyone, regardless of your relationship to that person:

• rape;
• forcible sodomy;
• a sex offense;
• kidnapping;
• child abuse;
• assault and battery with a deadly weapon;³ or
• any other crime – but this only applies to adult crime victims, not minors.⁴

If you are asking for a protective order against someone who is not a family or household member or someone you have dated, you are required to file a police report against this person before filing a petition with the district court. You will be required to give a copy of this report to the judge unless the police already provided it to the court directly.⁴  

Minors who are 16 or 17 years old can file for an order themselves. A minor who is under 16 years old must have an adult family or household member file on his/her behalf.⁴

Note: If you are filing against a minor who is age 13 or older, you must file your petition in the local court that has power (jurisdiction) over juvenile matters.⁵

If you do not qualify for a domestic violence protective order, you may qualify for a stalking protective order or a victim protective order for violence by a non-intimate partner.

¹ 22 O.S. § 60.1(2), (6)
² 22 O.S. § 60.1(2), (3)
³ 22 O.S. § 60.2(G)
⁴ 22 O.S. § 60.2(A)
⁵ 22 O.S. § 60.2(A)(1)