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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…
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Critical Periods
- Documentation of Violence — immediate
- Request to the Civil Court (protective measures) — without delay (possible urgency) (CC 28b / CPC 261-269)
- Provisional decision and hearing — a few hours to 10 days (super-provisional) / 30 to 60 days (provisional)
- Appeal or Parallel Criminal Proceeding — 10 days (appeal) / without delay (complaint) (CC 28b / CP 123 / CP 126)
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