What can I do if I was charged with violating a protection order because my ex-wife talked to me in court?
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What can I do if I was charged with violating a protection order because my ex-wife talked to me in court?
We where in court and she asked me a question directly; I responded by saying that we cannot talk about that (in a non threating manner). A court advocate saw it and had them press charges. How do you even go to court with a protection order if you have to be 100 yards away and can’t converse to defend yourself and the courtroom is no bigger than a 2000sq feet? Isn’t there a safe harbor law that keeps these events from happening? Otherwise anyone that walks into the court building by definition is violating the protection order of staying 100 yards away. How is this legal?
Asked on December 23, 2013 under Criminal Law, Colorado
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Maury Beaulier / MinnesotaLawyers.com
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
Your case must be reviewed by an attorney. You can certainly serve and filed court actions even if there is a restrining order in place. You cannot communicate, however, outside of that plegal proceeding even if the other party tries to imitiate it.
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