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Senate Approves Measure Letting Courts Amend or Dismiss Longstanding Protective Orders Under Narrow Conditions
Summary
Senate Bill 183 authorizes courts to amend or dismiss protective orders that have been in effect at least one year when four criteria are met (basis removed; petitioner induced violation; petitioner no longer reasonably fears respondent; respondent has no subsequent violent convictions). The bill includes notice provisions and passed the Senate.
Senate Bill 183, presented by Senator McCoy, lets a court amend or dismiss a protective order in effect for at least one year when four conditions are satisfied: the original basis for the order no longer exists; the petitioner has acted to induce a violation; the…
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