Basics on Domestic Abuse & Harassment
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What is Domestic Abuse?
How to get a court Order for Protection?
What is Harassment?
How to get a Harassment Restraining Order from the court?
What is Child Abuse and Neglect?
How to protect a child from abuse or neglect?
What is Domestic Abuse?
Minnesota has a law called the Domestic Abuse Act, which is found at Minnesota Statute Chapter 518B. That law defines domestic abuse as one of the following acts committed by a family or household member against another family or household member:
- infliction of physical harm, bodily injury, or assault;
- infliction of fear of imminent physical harm;
- terroristic threats (Minnesota Statute § 609.713);
- acts of criminal sexual conduct (Minnesota Statute Sections 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609.3451);
- interference with an emergency call (Minnesota Statute § 609.78).
A family or household member is one of the following:
- spouse or former spouse;
- persons involved in a significant romantic or sexual relationship;
- parents and children;
- persons related by blood;
- persons living together or who have lived together in the past;
- persons who have or had a child in common (born or in utero), regardless of whether they were living together or ever married.
How to get a court Order for Protection?
What is Harassment?
Harassment is Under Minn. Stat.609.748, harassment is defined as:
- a single incident of physical or sexual assault;
- repeated incidents of intrusive or unwanted acts, words, or gestures that have a substantial adverse effect or are intended to have a substantial adverse effect on the safety, security or privacy of another (e.g., repeated phone calls, following a person, repeatedly coming to the Petitioner’s home after been told not to do so);
- targeted residential picketing;
- a pattern of attending public events after being notified that one's presence is harassing to another.
regardless of the relationship between Petitioner and Respondent
Note: The Respondent includes any adults or juveniles alleged to have engaged in harassment or organizations alleged to have sponsored or promoted harassment.
Note: The Petitioner does not have to have had a relationship with the Respondent. Orders can be obtained for adult and/or on behalf of minor children if there have been incidents of harassment to the Petitioner and/or the children.
NOTE: A harassment restraining order is a matter handled in civil court and is based on the request of a petitioner seeking protection. A "No Contact Order" is issued from a judge in a criminal case that orders the criminal defendant not to have contact with someone.
How to get a Harassment Restraining Order from the court?
What is Child Abuse and Neglect?
Laws on child protection in Minnesota are found at Minnesota Statute Chapter 260C.
How to protect a child from abuse or neglect?
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