To obtain a Civil Protection Order, Ohio law requires the abuser to have committed domestic violence against the victim. \u201cDomestic violence\u201d is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the following acts:
\n(a) Attempting to cause or recklessly causing bodily injury;
\n(b) Placing another person by the threat of force in fear of imminent serious physical harm
\n(c) Engaging in a pattern of conduct that knowingly causes another person to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the other person or cause mental distress to the other person.
\n(d) Through the use of any electronic method of remotely transferring information, including, but not limited to, any computer, computer network, computer program, or computer system, posting a message with purpose to urge or incite another to engage in a pattern of conduct that knowingly causes another person to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the other person or cause mental distress to the other person.
\n(e) With a sexual motivation, engaging in a pattern of conduct that knowingly causes another person to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the other person or cause mental distress to the other person.
\n(f) Entering or remaining on the land or premises of another with purpose to commit on that land or those premises a misdemeanor, the elements of which involve causing physical harm to another person or causing another person to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to him.
\n(g) Committing any act with respect to a child that would result in the child being an abused child.
\n(h) Committing a sexually oriented offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"