Restraining Orders

This section defines domestic violence for the purposes of getting a domestic violence protection order.

Domestic violence is when one or more of the following things occur between intimate partners or family/household members:

• physical harm;
• bodily injury;
• assault;
• making you fear immediate physical harm, bodily injury, or assault;
• nonconsensual sexual conduct;
• nonconsensual sexual penetration;
• coercive control;
• unlawful harassment; or
• stalking.¹

¹ R.C.W. §§ 7.105.010(10); 7.105.100(1)(a); 7.105.225(1)(a)