A juvenile is harassing/threatening a member of my family or myself. Can the county attorney help me obtain a restraining order against the juvenile?
ANSWER You must first contact your police department. If a criminal complaint is filed with law enforcement, and the Linn County Attorney subsequently files a charge such as harassment, stalking, trespass, or assault against the juvenile, the County Attorney may request, as part of the juvenile court case, that the juvenile court order that the juvenile not have any contact of any nature with you or your family member. If the Juvenile Probation Office decides to handle the criminal complaint informally, rather than referring the charge to the County Attorney for formal action in the Juvenile Court, the Juvenile Probation Office may impose a similar no-contact provision as a term of the juveniles informal probation. If no criminal charge is filed against the juvenile and no juvenile court case is opened, then you will have to seek a restraining order in a civil action in District Court. You may have to retain an attorney to assist you in District Court, as the County Attorney cannot rep
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