A Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) is an emergency measure you can file to obtain immediate protection from your abuser. This order can be issued without the abuser being present in court. The goal ...

Courts, when confronted with petitions for orders of protection from both parties in a relationship, often issue each party a temporary order of protection, both orders mirroring the other, known as ...

The woman died Tuesday after being shot in a Howe Avenue parking lot by a man whom she had a restraining order against, ...

In the sixteen years that I was a Wake County District Judge and District Attorney, I’d often be asked how to get a restraining order. The answer is relatively simple – the North Carolina General ...