Restraining Order Laws

Through circumstances I won't elaborate on, I have become aware of the very unbalanced laws on the books concerning restraining orders. Did you know that in our state a woman can simply walk into the courthouse and say that she needs a restraining order taken out against her husband and after filling out a few simple forms (with no proof or evidence) that restraining order goes into effect?

This means a man can be removed from his home and his life altered in significant negative ways all on the whim of a wife who is simply angry that her husband didn't make the bed that morning. I am not exaggerating this by any stretch of the means. The restraining order laws are outlandishly out of balance.

I do sincerely believe that there needs to be protections made in sincere cases of violence, abuse or stalking. But currently, there is no recourse for a man who falsely has a retraining order taken out against him. Nothing can happen to a woman who simply chooses to lie and make her boyfriend/husband miserable.

I have to be honest, it makes me sick how out of balance our judicial system can be.

There is an online petition where you can go and express your opinion on this issue. Please do.