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THE INDIANA CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER ACT AND HEARINGS
Things that don't require a hearing unless the Respondent asks for one: · Prohibiting the Respondent from committing, or threatening to commit, acts of domestic or family violence, stalking, or sex offenses against the Petitioner or the Petitioner's family or household members; · Prohibiting the Respondent from harassing, annoying, telephoning, contacting, or directly or indirectly communicating with the Petitioner; · Ordering the Respondent to stay away from the Petitioner's residence, school, place of employment, or other places; and, · Ordering the Respondent to stay away from places where the Petitioner's family or household members regularly go. Things that can be ordered by the Judge right away, but that require a hearing to be held within 30 days: · Evicting the Respondent from the Petitioner's home; · Ordering the Respondent to give the Petitioner the possession and use of: · A home they both share; · A car or other motor vehicle; · Other necessary personal items; · Ordering other additional relief. Things that can only be ordered by the Judge once a hearing has been held: · Visitation--establish rules for visitation, require that it be supervised by a third party, or deny visitation altogether; · Ordering the Respondent to pay money to the Petitioner for various things, such as: · Attorney fees; · Rent/mortgage payments; · Child support/maintenance; · Medical expenses, counseling, shelter, repair or replacement of damaged property; · Prohibiting the Respondent from possessing firearms, ammunition, or deadly weapons; and, · If the Respondent owns a firearm, ammunition, or a deadly weapon, ordering the Respondent to surrender those items to a local law enforcement agency for the duration of the Order for Protection.

October 25, 2002