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What protections can I get in a stalking injunction?
A stalking injunction can:
- prohibit the stalker (respondent) from stalking you;
- order the stalker to stay away from your home, work, school, or other specific place or person;
- prohibit the stalker from contacting you, directly or indirectly, including personal, written, or telephone contact with you, your employers, employees, co-workers, or others with whom communication would be likely to cause annoyance or alarm; and
- include any additional relief that is necessary for the protection of you or other specific people named in your order.1
If you and the stalker have minor children together, the judge is supposed to consider the stalker’s custody and parent-time rights while ensuring the safety of you and your children. Note: If the judge issues a civil stalking injunction, but does not address custody and parent-time issues, a copy of the stalking injunction should be filed in any court proceeding where custody and parent-time issues are being considered.2
1 Utah Code § 78B-7-701(4)(a)
2 Utah Code § 78B-7-701(4)(b)
