Restraining Orders

This section defines domestic violence for the purposes of getting a family violence protective order. “Family violence” includes the occurrence of one or more of the following acts when committed by a family/household member:

• simple assault;
• assault;
• simple battery;
• battery
• stalking;
• criminal damage to property in the 1^st degree or 2^nd degree;
• unlawful restraint;
• criminal trespass; or
• any felony.¹

Family violence does not include “reasonable discipline” by a parent to a child in corporal punishment, restraint or detention.¹

¹ O.C.G.A. § 19-13-1