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How can a Protection From Abuse (PFA) Order help me?

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How can a Protection From Abuse (PFA) Order help me?

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A Protection From Abuse Order (PFA) is important tool for any stalking victim because it allows the police to arrest the stalker even if the police did not see the stalking behavior. The process for getting a PFA differs in every county, but the law requires the court to accept your petition without paying a filing fee. You will need to prove the following two things in order to get a PFA: You are either related to the stalker, married or previously married to the stalker, you have a child(ren) with the stalker, or you have an intimate relationship with the stalker (either sexual or dating), and You were followed or contacted by the stalker for no lawful reason and you fear that the stalker will cause you serious bodily injury. (There are ways to prove other abuse that does not involve stalking. Speak to a domestic violence advocate to find out more about PFAs.) When you get a PFA you can ask the court to order that the stalker have no contact with you at home, work or school, as well

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