When an order of protection is granted against you, you cannot speak to, contact, or interact with the person named in this order. This is all for the protection of the individual who filed against you.
An order of protection is public. If someone wants to see your legal history, they will be able to see that an order of protection was granted against you. Even if it was dismissed or denied, this will be on your record.
Going over the importance of having an order of protection expunged/sealed and speaking with a Schaumburg order of protection attorney will help you obtain the best possible legal outcome.
How Can An Order Of Protection Affect Your Life?
The primary way in which an Illinois order of protection can, and will, affect your life is as follows: you cannot contact, be around, or interact with the person named in the order.
Just as an example, if your spouse files an order of protection against you, you cannot be around them. This means you might need to move out. And, on top of that, you cannot interact with them in any way.
On top of the above, an order of protection could force you to leave your job if you work with this person. Or, you might not be able to see your children if they live with the person who filed the order.
An order of protection is always very serious. It can, and will, make it much harder for you to live the life you are accustomed to.
How Can An Order Of Protection Affect Your Future?
Even if an order of protection is dismissed or denied, someone can see that you had an order of protection filed against you. This information is public, and it can be used against you.
A good example of the above is as follows: your employer could look at your record and see that an order of protection was granted against you, due to your former spouse claiming that you threw an object at them.
Even if that order of protection was dismissed, and you were never convicted of the charges against you, your employer may still choose to deny your employment as a result.
The above is true of housing, as well. You may have a far more difficult time obtaining proper housing due to the order of protection on your record.
To go along with the above, obtaining a FOID card tends to be much harder, with an order of protection on your record. And, if you can’t get a FOID card, you cannot exercise your legal right to own firearms.
What Should You Do?
The answer to the question above is as follows: work with an attorney who can have the order of protection against you dismissed.
Your attorney will contest the claims made against you. And, in doing so, the order of protection against you will be thrown out, making your life a lot easier.
The above isn’t all you need to do, though: you need to work with that same attorney so that you can have your record expunged and sealed.
Expunging your record will remove any traces of the criminal charges related to the order of protection granted against you. Sealing your record will prevent people from seeing that you had an order of protection against you.
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Our team has helped thousands of people who have been charged with crimes in Illinois. When we take cases, we do so to win. This means we take cases to trial. We don’t arrange plea bargains unless it is in the best interest of our clients. As proactive lawyers, we fight aggressively and support our clients throughout their entire case up to and including appeals. Protecting your life and freedom is always the goal, and with our decades of experience practicing law, we know how to get results. This is why we are regularly invited to appear as a legal contributor on popular radio and news outlets, including ABC, CNN, NBC, CBS, and Fox NEWS.
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