Q: Is it possible for me, as I‘m now 18, to lift a restraining order my parents placed on my boyfriend when I was a minor?
My parents just never liked my boyfriend. He had never ever harmed me. So it really hurts my heart that this restraining order is now on his record and inflicting his employment. I want him to return to his normal way of life.
A: Domestic violence order cannot last longer than 1 year, unless extended by court order for an additional year. Peace orders only last 6 months. A permanent injunction seems unlikely in this scenario. Therefore, depending how long ago the order was entered, it may have already expired. If his concern is the civil record on the court dockets, these orders generally do not appear in criminal background checks used for employment. However, if your boyfriend consented to this order (as opposed to contested it and lost after a trial/hearing on the petition), then after it expires he is eligible to have the civil docket entries sealed and shielded from public view. He needs to fill out and file the petition for shielding in that case.
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