Can someone with a restraining order against me, show up to my school?

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Can someone with a restraining order against me, show up to my school?

I was curious as to the laws pertaining to temporary restraining orders. I am currently in high school right now, 17, so I am also under the age of a legal adult. If someone were to get a

temporary order against me, and they do not go to my school. Would they be allowed to go to my high school events, forcing me to avoid them? Like if I wanted to go to prom but they had

an order against me. Would I be forced to miss my own prom because they want to go, even though they don’t go to my school?

Asked on April 18, 2016 under Criminal Law, New Hampshire

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 7 years ago | Contributor

If the order is only against you and is not a mutual no-contact order preventing either of you from being near the other, then if they are legally someplace--even your school, even if they are not a student, so long as they are legally there at the time (e.g. invited by a student the prom)--then yes: you would have to leave. You would not be allowed to be anyplace they legally are. (Obviously, you'd need to check the specific terms of the order to see how far away you'd have to be and the exact restrictions on you.)


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