Q: Can a person live just outside the protective area of a Tro from the filers home address?
My soon to be Ex wife assaulted me, was arrested. I placed a Tro against her. She moved into her friends house just 20 yards past the 100 yards no go zone for my home. I can’t drive out of the neighborhood or take my kids to park with being forced into the 100 yard zone. And she has been contacting our son who lives with me and has been FaceTiming him. So basically having eyes in ears in my house. She even told my son to tell me to put our other son to bed Cuase she heard him through the FaceTime. She plans to continue to contact our son and FaceTime him and have him just run to her friends house. Can she do that?
A: I do not practice law in Hawaii so i can only speak to general principles of law. Typically restraining orders limit the activities of the respondent or person who is being restrained by the order. It sounds like you are person being protected by the order (often called a petitioner). Does the order limit her contact with the children? If so that could be a violation of the order. Check with an Hawaii attorney or domestic violence advocacy group to see if there is a separate crime under your state statutes for violating a protective order. Good luck.
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