What does it take to get a protective order on the basis of stalking in Oklahoma? What does stalking mean on the protective order act? I’m Oklahoma attorney James Wirth and I’m about to tell you. Under Oklahoma law, Stalking means the willful, malicious, and repeated following or harassment of a person by an adult, emancipated minor or a minor 13 years of age of older in a manner that would cause a reasonable person to feel frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested, and actually causes the person being followed or harassed to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested.

What is harassment for the purpose of getting a protective order granted in Oklahoma? I’m Oklahoma attorney James Wirth, and I’m about to answer that question for you. Harassment means a knowing and willful course or pattern of conduct by a family or household member or an individual who has been or is in a dating relationship with a person, directed at a specific person, which seriously alarms or annoys the person, and which serves no legitimate purpose. The course of conduct must be such as would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress or must actually cause substantial distress to the person.

What does domestic abuse mean for the purposes of getting a protective order in Oklahoma? Oklahoma attorney James Wirth, answers that question for you. What are the four different ways to get a Protective Order? One, domestic abuse. Two, threat of imminent harm. Three, harassment. Four, stalking, also rape and potential if you’re a victim of certain crimes.

What does it mean to violate a protective order? When somebody files for a protective order, it is effective when it’s served on the defendant. So from that moment, they’re on notice that any violation of it is not just contempt of court like in any other order violation, it is actually a separate criminal offense. That means that it is prosecuted not by the plaintiff, but by the district attorney.

Protective order step 5 is discovery. What is discovery? Hi, I’m a Tulsa attorney, James Wirth, and I’m about to answer those questions and give you an overview of discovery in protective orders. Discovery is simply a process in litigation by which you get information.

Step 4 in the protective order process, that is the full hearing. I’m Oklahoma Attorney James Wirth and I’m about to tell you what to expect at a full protective order hearing. If you filed for a protective order or the other side filed for a protective order, and it’s been set for the full hearing. That is the opportunity for both sides to be heard, where there’s an opportunity to have a court reporter present, which you definitely want to request, and an opportunity to cross-examine on both sides, bring witnesses, introduce evidence.

Can a protective order case in Oklahoma be transferred to another judge or another county? I’m Oklahoma attorney James Wirth and I have the answer to that question. In protective orders there are a couple of considerations. If you’re in a county that has a separate docket for protective orders like Tulsa County, then if a FD filing, a family domestic filing, is filed, those two are generally consolidated together.

So what is a protective order? That is where you can get an order in place that requires somebody to stay away from you, somebody to stop having contact with you, stop harassing you, stalking. And in Oklahoma we call them protective orders. Elsewhere, people may be more familiar with them as restraining orders.