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Handling of a restraining order in the District Court

In the District Court an application for a restraining order is handled urgently. Like in a criminal case, the matter is handled at a trial, where the account given of the matter is examined and both parties as well as witnesses are heard.

When the District Court issues the order, it always assesses the danger of a crime or harassment case by case. As grounds it uses the circumstances, the person’s own experience of a threat as well as the testimony of possible witnesses.

An act of violence that has already taken place can be considered a serious ground, but it is not a prerequisite for an order. Also when a person who feels himself/herself threatened, is harassed for example near his/her home, at his/her work or in public places with the purpose of threatening or nuisance for example by following the person without justification, all this can be sufficient grounds to issuing a restraining order. Also harassment over the phone, by letter or in another way may, when continued, result in the imposition of a restraining order.

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