Protection order designate

A Protection Order is a court order, granted on an urgent basis, forbidding the respondent from having contact with the applicant. These orders are granted by a Judicial Justice of the Peace (JJP) and can contain all or some of the specific conditions listed below:

• The respondent may not communicate with you or contact you directly or indirectly.
• The respondent may not come near any place that you’re a specified person happen to be or regularly attend, such as your home, job, school, or place of worship.
• The respondent may not follow you or any specified person.
• The respondent must turn over any weapons to the police, and the police can search for and seize weapons.
• The respondent must give you temporary possession of your necessary personal belongings.
• You may have the help of a police officer to get your personal belongings.
• You may have the help of a police officer to remove the respondent from your home.

Who can apply for a Protection Order?

You can apply for a Protection Order if someone has stalked you or subjected you to domestic violence and there is reason to believe that the behaviour will continue. You do not have to wait until you have actually been injured to seek help. As the applicant, you must explain to a JJP why you need the order and give facts, times, dates and locations of incidents that show why you urgently need protection. 

If your application is based on domestic violence, you must also show that:

• you are currently living with or dating the respondent or have done so in the      past; or
• you have a child or children with the respondent; or you and the respondent are      family members.

For more information contact 204-727-1696 ext. 0