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Last edited 06/08/09
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Immediate First Steps You Should Take Safety Plan Safety Checklist |
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Emergency
Help You can get legal protection 24 hours a day - 7 days per week. Interim Protective Order - legal protection to stop violence between intimate partners Interim Peace Order - legal protection to stop violence for those not eligible for a protective order. Permanent
Protective Order After Conviction and Imprisonment- a
permanent protective order may issue against an individual that
was convicted and served a term of imprisonment of at least five
years for specified underlying acts of abuse. This final
protective order is permanent unless terminated at the request
of the victim. A
Comparison of Protective Orders and Peace Orders You may consider contacting the police and pressing criminal charges. Likely charges include:
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Civil Legal Protection for Intimate Partners You may be eligible for a temporary order followed by a final order. Enforcement of Protective Order- There is new legislation that authorizes a judge to order a law enformcement officer to use all reasonable and necessary force to enforce a temporary custody provision of a final protective order. See HB 183. (effective 10/1/08) Effective 10/1/09- Judges are required to order respondents to surrender any firearms in his/her possession and to not acquire any new firearms for the duration of the order in final protective orders. See HB 296/SB 267. When issuing a temporary protective order, judges may order the respondent to surrender any firearms in his/her possession and to refrain from acquiring new firearms, but it is not required. See HB 302 /SB 268.Effective 10/1/09- Lengthens the time that judges may extend a temporary protective order from 30 days to 6 months. Temporary protective orders may be extended to effectuate service of the order where necessary to provide protection or for other good cause. See HB 98 / SB 601. The General Assembly also extended the maximum length of a final protective order from one to two years when the order is issued after an act of abuse within one year of the expiration of a previous final protective order of six months or more. See HB 971 / SB 811.
Other Civil (non-criminal) Legal Solutions
A Comparison of Protective Orders and Peace Orders |
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Source: Drawn from the collected materials of the Maryland Domestic Violence Services Providers community with key materials from the House of Ruth. Compiled, edited, and expanded by the Maryland Legal Assistance Network. Updated by the Maryland State Law Library (MSLL). |
Last date of last legal review (no legal content) 8/25/08 (PLL/M.A.J.) |
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