Restraining Orders

For the purposes of getting a dating violence protective order, you must have experienced “dating violence” or “abuse” by a dating partner, or there must be a significant chance (substantial likelihood) that you will experience either one.¹

Abuse by a dating partner is defined as:

• causing or attempting to cause you physical harm; or
• placing you in reasonable fear of immediate physical harm.²

Dating violence is defined as when a dating partner does any of the following against you:

• commits or tries to commit (attempts) a crime involving violence or physical harm;
• makes a threat of violence or physical harm;
• asks (solicits) someone else to commit a crime involving violence or physical harm; or
• makes a plan (conspires) to commit a crime involving violence or physical harm.³ 

¹ Utah Code § 78B-7-403(1)
² Utah Code § 78B-7-102(1)
³ Utah Code § 78B-7-102(14)