PROVIDENCE, RI — Where a Superior Court judge dissolved an order of protection, the judge erred in applying a clear and convincing standard to determine whether the plaintiff had been assaulted by the ...

PROVIDENCE, RI — A preponderance of the evidence standard should be used in domestic protective order proceedings in which temporary firearm restrictions are imposed, the Rhode Island Supreme Court ...

Attorneys for a Delaware County assistant prosecutor say a visiting judge appointed to oversee her request for a civil protection order against a county Common Pleas Court judge was in that judge's ...

The Colorado Supreme Court's majority ruled on Monday that a violation of a restraining order can always serve as a basis to find a defendant guilty of burglary, as well.

The Upper East Side's new 200-bed homeless shelter for women cannot open until the court lifts the stopgap.

The accused individual challenged a criminal protective order during an arraignment hearing, arguing there was no probable ...