Q: How to file a restraining order again child who threatened my child?
Bully child- age 8- threatened death with "her daddy's gun" to my daughter- age 7- at their shared elementary school. Since the school/school district have refused to remove girl from school, how do I get a restraining order against her? What would the school's obligation look like, day to day, carrying this out.... assuming the R.O. was enacted?
A:
Expulsion from school is not the only remedy that the school has available. The bully, and her parents, should be talked to and perhaps the bully should be disciplined.
To answer your question, you would hire an attorney, who would file an application for such a restraining order with the court. Assuming such an order was granted (and it is extremely doubtful that it would be; school-yard threats of this nature happen in every school all the time), the school would have no responsibility to enforce the order.
If the school has not taken this threat as seriously as you feel it should have, your best option is to enroll your child in another school.
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