If you feel threatened by someone, how long should you wait to get a temporary restraining order?

If somebody waits an entire month after the incident, isn't there something phony about that? That the person wasn't really afraid?

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LeopoldBloom · M

Don't wait at all! By the time they do something, it will be too late.

flipper1966 · M

@LeopoldBloom If somebody waits an entire month after the incident, isn't there something phony about that? That the person wasn't really afraid?

LeopoldBloom · M

@flipper1966 If there hasn't been any further threat made since then, there's no need for an order as the person clearly lost interest.

flipper1966 · M

@LeopoldBloom Someone took out a protection order against me and waited a month after the incident. He got the protection order easily.

LeopoldBloom · M

@flipper1966 I'm not saying it wouldn't be granted,only that it may not be necessary at that point.

flipper1966 · M

@LeopoldBloom Well, the order was granted. Now my Second Amendment rights have been infringed because under federal law I can't buy a gun for a 5 year period.

LeopoldBloom · M

@flipper1966 Can you contest that? Someone can't just file a restraining order for no reason, can they? Or if they exaggerate the threat, you should be able to object.

Otherwise, I could file a restraining order against my neighbor because he keeps coming over here to borrow tools and never returns them.