CHAPTER 586

DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS

 

         Part I.  General Provisions

Section

    586-1 Definitions

    586-2 Court jurisdiction

    586-3 Order for protection

    586-4 Temporary restraining order

    586-5 Period of order; hearing

  586-5.5 Protective order; additional orders

  586-5.6 Effective date

    586-6 Notice of order

    586-7 Assistance of police in service or execution

    586-8 Right to apply for relief

    586-9 Modification of order

   586-10 Copy to law enforcement agency

 586-10.5 Reports by the department of human services

   586-11 Violation of an order for protection

 

         Part II.  Foreign Protective Orders

   586-21 Foreign protective orders

   586-22 Valid protective order

   586-23 Filing of foreign protective order

   586-24 Enforcement of foreign protective orders

   586-25 Good faith immunity

   586-26 Penalties

 

Cross References

 

  Dependent adult protective services, see §§346-221 to 253.

  Domestic violence fatality review, see §§321-471 to 476.

 

Case Notes

 

  A protective order under this chapter does not unconstitutionally curtail a person's freedom of movement.  85 H. 197 (App.), 940 P.2d 404.

  No equal protection violation for use of preponderance of evidence standard of proof for §586-5.5 as family and household members not suspect class and rational basis underlying this standard adopted by legislature under chapter 571 for this chapter was to facilitate and expedite judicial issuance of protective orders.  85 H. 197 (App.), 940 P.2d 404.

  Under §§571-14(a)(8) and 571-42, family court is vested with exclusive jurisdiction over proceedings under this chapter and applicable standard of proof to be applied in those proceedings is preponderance of the evidence.  85 H. 197 (App.), 940 P.2d 404.

  Unless expressly permitted by the court, §134-7(f) unqualifiedly prohibits a person subject to an order under this chapter from possession and control of a firearm during the pendency of that order; this prohibition is effective irrespective of whether the respondent owned the firearms involved.  91 H. 438 (App.), 984 P.2d 1264.

  Pursuant to this chapter, absent special circumstances, the family court should not be involved in any stage of the prosecution of an allegation of a knowing or intentional violation of a protective order by an adult person, including the stage where the allegations are referred to the police or the prosecutor, other than to simply advise interested parties that the proper place to present such allegations is to the police or the prosecutor, not to the family court.  99 H. 363 (App.), 55 P.3d 856.