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Family rules committee outlines procedure for extreme‑risk protection orders and the role of prosecutors
Summary
The committee drafted a new family‑rules framework for extreme‑risk protection orders (IRPOs), clarifying the roles of household petitioners and state's attorneys and making household petitioners ‘interested parties’ without party status once a prosecutor takes over the case.
The Family Rules Committee presented a new rule for extreme‑risk protection orders (IRPOs) that clarifies the procedural path when a family member or a prosecutor seeks a temporary or extended order to remove firearms from an individual. Judge Amy Davenport said the statute establishes IRPOs as family‑rules proceedings and the committee drafted procedures to reflect that framework. The rule makes clear that a household member who seeks a temporary…
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