@thisisasurvivor
my neighbour has a restraining order until further notice -
This means it can only be changed if he or myself or my DH apply to the courts to change it .So basically forever 😂
Initially he was banned from coming within 200 meters of my streeet ( where he lived for two years ) this was part of his prison sentence and a no contact RO
The original RO was a no contact order which was great while he couldn’t enter the street
But he was planning on returning to his council house ( which he was allowed to leave empty for two years ) that’s a whole other story .
However 2 months before his sentence ended I emailed the judge clerk to ask for a variation of the RO to include distance of 100 meters .
The judge was great - we got a hearing a week before he could return and the RO was changed to include 100 meters distance of myself or the street .
This meant he can never return to his council house
( he got evicted eventually )
However his fear of going to back to prison was greater than breaking the RO so it’s kept us safe ( he spent 4 months on remand )
But some people won’t give a fuck and will break the order
ideally you want both no contact and some form of distance in the order as no contact can be very hard to define and easy to manipulate.
But not allowed to come within say 100 meters is clear and much harder to manipulate.