§ 11-37.2-2 Protective orders –Penalty – Jurisdiction. – (a) A person who is a victim of sexual assault as defined in § 11-37-1,11-37-2, 11-37-4, 11-37-6, 11-37-8.1, 11-37-8.3 or 11-59-2, may file acomplaint in the district court requesting any order which will protect him orher from the future abuse, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Ordering that the defendant be restrained and enjoinedfrom contacting, assaulting, molesting or otherwise interfering with theplaintiff at home, on the street or elsewhere, whether the defendant is anadult or minor;
(2) Upon motion by the plaintiff, his or her address shall bereleased only at the discretion of the district court judge.
(b) Nothing in this section shall limit a defendant's rightunder existing law to petition the court at a later date for modification ofthe order.
(c) Any violation of the aforementioned protective ordershall subject the defendant to being found in contempt of court.
(d) The contempt order shall not be exclusive and shall notpreclude any other available civil or criminal remedies. Any relief granted bythe court shall be for a fixed period of time not to exceed three (3) years, atthe expiration of which time the court may extend any order upon motion by theplaintiff for such additional time as it deems necessary to protect theplaintiff from abuse. The court may modify its order at any time upon motion ofeither party.
(e) Any violation of a protective order under this chapter ofwhich the defendant has actual notice shall be a misdemeanor which shall bepunished by a fine of no more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or byimprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(f) "Actual notice" means that the defendant has received acopy of the order by service thereof or by being handed a copy of the order bya police officer pursuant to § 8-8.1-7.
§ 11-37.2-2 Protective orders –Penalty – Jurisdiction. – (a) A person who is a victim of sexual assault as defined in § 11-37-1,11-37-2, 11-37-4, 11-37-6, 11-37-8.1, 11-37-8.3 or 11-59-2, may file acomplaint in the district court requesting any order which will protect him orher from the future abuse, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Ordering that the defendant be restrained and enjoinedfrom contacting, assaulting, molesting or otherwise interfering with theplaintiff at home, on the street or elsewhere, whether the defendant is anadult or minor;
(2) Upon motion by the plaintiff, his or her address shall bereleased only at the discretion of the district court judge.
(b) Nothing in this section shall limit a defendant's rightunder existing law to petition the court at a later date for modification ofthe order.
(c) Any violation of the aforementioned protective ordershall subject the defendant to being found in contempt of court.
(d) The contempt order shall not be exclusive and shall notpreclude any other available civil or criminal remedies. Any relief granted bythe court shall be for a fixed period of time not to exceed three (3) years, atthe expiration of which time the court may extend any order upon motion by theplaintiff for such additional time as it deems necessary to protect theplaintiff from abuse. The court may modify its order at any time upon motion ofeither party.
(e) Any violation of a protective order under this chapter ofwhich the defendant has actual notice shall be a misdemeanor which shall bepunished by a fine of no more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or byimprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(f) "Actual notice" means that the defendant has received acopy of the order by service thereof or by being handed a copy of the order bya police officer pursuant to § 8-8.1-7.
§ 11-37.2-2 Protective orders –Penalty – Jurisdiction. – (a) A person who is a victim of sexual assault as defined in § 11-37-1,11-37-2, 11-37-4, 11-37-6, 11-37-8.1, 11-37-8.3 or 11-59-2, may file acomplaint in the district court requesting any order which will protect him orher from the future abuse, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Ordering that the defendant be restrained and enjoinedfrom contacting, assaulting, molesting or otherwise interfering with theplaintiff at home, on the street or elsewhere, whether the defendant is anadult or minor;
(2) Upon motion by the plaintiff, his or her address shall bereleased only at the discretion of the district court judge.
(b) Nothing in this section shall limit a defendant's rightunder existing law to petition the court at a later date for modification ofthe order.
(c) Any violation of the aforementioned protective ordershall subject the defendant to being found in contempt of court.
(d) The contempt order shall not be exclusive and shall notpreclude any other available civil or criminal remedies. Any relief granted bythe court shall be for a fixed period of time not to exceed three (3) years, atthe expiration of which time the court may extend any order upon motion by theplaintiff for such additional time as it deems necessary to protect theplaintiff from abuse. The court may modify its order at any time upon motion ofeither party.
(e) Any violation of a protective order under this chapter ofwhich the defendant has actual notice shall be a misdemeanor which shall bepunished by a fine of no more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or byimprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(f) "Actual notice" means that the defendant has received acopy of the order by service thereof or by being handed a copy of the order bya police officer pursuant to § 8-8.1-7.
