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House committee backs proposal to allow after-hours civil protection orders for assault victims
Summary
The Vermont House, on a voice vote, approved a Judiciary Committee recommendation to propose an amendment to Senate Bill 9 to allow emergency civil protection orders for assault to be obtained outside regular court hours; the House also ordered the bill read a third time.
The Vermont House of Representatives voted to propose an amendment to Senate Bill 9 to permit people to seek emergency civil protection orders for assault outside regular court hours, and then ordered the bill read a third time.
Representative Oliver, the member from Sheldon and speaker for the House Judiciary Committee, told the chamber that the bill’s purpose is “to allow a person to obtain an emergency protection order against assault outside of regular court hours in the same manner that emergency domestic violence orders are obtained.” He said issuance of those orders is a civil process separate from any criminal investigation or prosecution.
The committee’s explanation said current law allows temporary emergency protective orders modeled on domestic violence orders, valid for a maximum of 14…
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