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Committee hears move to consolidate protection-order laws and allow longer initial protections
Summary
Sen. Bob Holstrom introduced LB 80 to consolidate harassment, domestic abuse and sexual-assault protection orders into a single Protection Orders Act, permit initial protection orders of up to two years (judge’s discretion), and clarify renewals, clerk assistance with forms, and electronic service of certified orders.
Sen. Bob Holstrom told the Judiciary Committee LB 80 would consolidate Nebraska’s existing protection-order statutes (harassment, domestic abuse, and sexual-assault protection orders) into a single Protection Orders Act, standardize the relief courts may grant, and give judges discretion to issue initial orders for one to two years.
Holstrom said consolidation would simplify filing for survivors and reduce administrative friction. Melanie Kirk, legal director of the Nebraska Coalition (the state’s network of domestic- and sexual-violence programs), testified the change would let judges grant up to two years…
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