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Question: I have an order of protection against my soon to be EX husbands sister. She constantly bad mouths me to my 2 children. She is causing unnesecary upset to them by making them feel they need to choose sides. Can I add my children to the protective order as people she can not have contact with?

Answer: A person may get an order of protection if any of the below apply

The person:

• endangers;
• threatens or intimidates;
• assaults, including use of a dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily harm;
• kidnaps or unlawfully imprisons;
• interferes with the custody of a child unlawfully;
• criminally trespasses or criminally damages; disorderly conduct or stalks;
• abuses a child or vulnerable adult;
• interferes with judicial proceedings;
• uses a telephone to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy, or offend;
• harasses