01/20/2025
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Missoula County Community Justice Department
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Missoula Community Justice Department
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317 Woody Street
Missoula, MT
59802
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| Monday | 8:30am - 4:30pm |
| Tuesday | 8:30am - 4:30pm |
| Wednesday | 8:30am - 3pm |
| Thursday | 8:30am - 4:30pm |
| Friday | 8:30am - 4:30pm |
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FAQ's Q: What is a Temporary Order of Protection? A: A Temporary Order of Protection (TOP) is a court order, signed by a judge, that prohibits someone from coming to your house or workplace. It can prohibit that person from having any direct or indirect contact with you. Orders of protection are legal documents that offer victims of violent crime a measure of protection by setting limits on what an offender can legally do. Petitions for orders of protection can be filed in a justice, city, municipal or district court. The judge may order conditions he or she believes are necessary to protect a victim. Victims can ask the court for an order of protection that: prohibits the offender from hurting them or threatening to hurt them directs the offender to leave their home and prohibits the offender from having any contact with them prevents the offender from transferring any property, except in the usual course of business prohibits the offender from being within 1,500 feet or other appropriate distance of the victim, any named family member, and the victim's work site or other specified place gives victims possession of necessary personal property prohibits the offender from possessing or using the firearm used in the assault. Before a judge will sign a TOP you must qualify for the Order and complete paperwork. You are the "Petitioner" (the person requesting the Order). The person who should obey the Order is the "Respondent." You may qualify for a TOP if you have a family or partner relationship with the offender and are a victim of Family or Partner Assault. You may qualify if you have no family or partner relationship with the offender, but are a victim of one of the following crimes by the offender, Stalking, Sexual Assault, Sexual In*******se Without Consent, or In**st. Orders of Protection are done at the Crime Victim Advocate's Office at 500 N Higgins, Suite 201. Q: What is Domestic Violence? A: Power and Control: -Isolate you from family or friends -Degrade you or humiliate you -Intimidate you with looks or gestures -Act unreasonably jealous or possessive -Tell you that everything is your fault -Threaten to harm you or her/himself -Use your children to manipulate or harass you Violence: -Push or shove you -Slap, punch or kick you -Restrain you -Kick or punch walls or destroy property -Abuse pets -Sexually force or degrade you -Strangle or choke you -Deny or blame you for the abuse What is Stalking? Stalking is the act or crime of willfully and repeatedly following or harassing another person. Stalking occurs in circumstances that seriously alarm, annoy, intimidate or causes a reasonable person to fear injury or death because of express or implied threats. What is Sexual Assault? Sexual assault is conduct of a sexual or indecent nature toward another person accompanied by actual or threatened physical force that induces fear, shame, or mental suffering. Sexual assault is sexual contact that is forced upon a person without consent or that is inflicted upon a person who is incapable of giving consent (because of age or physical or mental incapacity.)
