Restraining Orders

You are eligible to file for a Family Abuse Prevention Act restraining order if you have experienced domestic abuse within the last 180 days and are in imminent danger of further abuse¹ by a family or household member. A family or household member is defined as:

• a current or former spouse;
• an adult related by blood, marriage or adoption;
• someone you are living with or have lived with in the past and had a sexual relationship with (“cohabited with”);
• someone you have been in a sexually intimate relationship with, within two years immediately preceding the filing of a restraining order petition under; or
• someone with whom you have a child in common.²

Note: When calculating the 180-day time period, any time during which the abuser was in prison or was living more than 100 miles from you does not count as part of the 180-day period.¹

If you are not eligible for a Family Abuse Prevention Act (“FAPA”) restraining order, you may be eligible for a stalking protection order, a sexual abuse protective order, or a restraining order for the elderly and disabled.

¹ O.R.S § 107.710(6)
² O.R.S. § 107.705(4)