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I have a situation related to: Protection order

Article 28b CC allows any victim of violence, threats or harassment to request protective measures from the civil court: prohibition from approaching (generally 100 m), frequenting determined places (home, workplace), making contact (telephone, SMS, social media), or…

Applicable law provisions

Critical Periods

  1. Documentation of Violenceimmediate
  2. Request to the Civil Court (protective measures)without delay (possible urgency) (CC 28b / CPC 261-269)
  3. Provisional decision and hearinga few hours to 10 days (super-provisional) / 30 to 60 days (provisional)
  4. Appeal or Parallel Criminal Proceeding10 days (appeal) / without delay (complaint) (CC 28b / CP 123 / CP 126)

Keywords

ordinance protection civil CC28b prohibition of approach urgency

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