Martinsville mayor seeks protective order against council member following heated exchange

Martinsville Mayor L.C. Jones is taking legal action against city council member Aaron Rawls, seeking a protective order ...

Martinsville mayor files emergency protective order against councilman

The emergency protective order comes as a recall petition has received enough signatures and was filed with Martinsville Circuit Court, Star News TV reported.
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Protective orders are meant to keep domestic violence victims safe. For some, help comes too late.

AUSTIN, Texas — Protective orders are designed to safeguard victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault and other crimes by legally requiring abusers to stay away. However, obtaining one ...

CT Supreme Court dismisses challenge to protective orders banning guns. What prompted the ruling

The decision rejects arguments by an anonymous defendant who claimed that he was wrongly subjected to and later convicted of violating a protective order against gun possession because the underlying ...