Steve Dana: What Judges Need to Grant a Restraining Order

Lisa filed for a restraining order once on her own and was denied. The next day, a legal services office in another state rewrote the same facts, explained why they were framing it the way they were, and it was granted. Nothing about the underlying situation changed in twenty-four hours. What changed was that the application was written against what the statute required. Steve Dana is the founder and CEO of Protection From Abuse, a nonprofit that provides safety planning, protective programs ...