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RULE 43:

Standard Mutual Temporary Restraining Orders

(A)
  Upon the filing in this court of any complaint for divorce, legal separation or annulment, the Plaintiff shall prepare and sign a proposed mutual temporary restraining order, found below under (C) and present it at the time of filing the complaint. The Plaintiff, by virtue of initially filing the complaint in this court, shall be deemed to be aware of and acquiesce to the provisions of the restraining order. Plaintiff shall serve the Defendant with a copy of the restraining order.
   
(B)
  A party against whom a standard restraining order has been granted, may file a motion to modify or vacate the Standard Mutual Temporary Restraining Order. The motion shall contain a notice of hearing and both shall be served on the other party in accordance with the Ohio Civil Rules. If the relief sought relates to paragraph 11 of the below form order, the court shall provide a priority hearing date.
   
(C)
   

 

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
DIVISION OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS AND JUVENILE BRANCH

______________________,
 
                 Plaintiff,
CASE NO.
   
vs,                  
JUDGE
   
______________________,
MAGISTRATE
                        Defendant.
 

STANDARD MUTUAL TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

Pursuant to Local Domestic Rule 43, IT IS ORDERED that effective on the date a Complaint is filed, each spouse is enjoined from committing any of the following acts:

1.
  Directly or indirectly harassing, including telephone, text, email, social media, or otherwise, annoying, interfering with, assaulting or doing bodily harm to the other spouse at his/her residence or elsewhere;
2.
  Selling, damaging, destroying, removing from its present location, encumbering, disposing of, lessening the value of, or in any manner secreting the assets of either spouse, including, but not limited to real and/or personal property, household furniture, furnishings, contents, appliances, automobiles or other vehicles (except as to the use of one);
3.
  Directly or indirectly changing beneficiaries, making loans on, terminating or otherwise closing out or reducing any and all insurance policies, including benefits and values, on the life and/or property of either spouse or their minor children;
4.
  Withdrawing, transferring ownership of, spending, encumbering or disposing of any funds deposited in any financial institution, including but not limited to, bank accounts, savings accounts, money markets, credit unions, brokerage accounts, pension plans, stocks, bonds, or certificates of deposit, except checking and any debit card associated with a checking account in the ordinary day to day usage; the foregoing to apply to assets that either or both parties may have a claim pursuant to Title Thirty-One (31) of the Ohio Revised Code;
5.
  Directly or indirectly causing the hospital, medical, prescription, dental or any other insurance presently in effect for the benefit of the other spouse or the parties’ minor child/ren to be terminated or lessened as to benefits or value;
6.
  Contracting upon the other spouse’s credit in any manner whatsoever, including but not limited to, incurring further credit card indebtedness in the joint names of the parties;
7.
  Causing the utilities at the marital residence to be terminated;
8.
  Encrypting, shredding, burning, ripping, redacting, erasing, tearing, deleting, marring, disposing of, or in any way destroying or rendering illegible any document, paper, file or other information, whether contained on paper or electronic media, that relates in any way to any financial interest, including but not limited to assets and/or liabilities, of any party herein;
9.
  Encrypting, shredding, burning, ripping, redacting, erasing, tearing, deleting, marring, disposing of, or in any way destroying or rendering illegible any correspondence, letter, statement, document, envelope or other items received via any method of delivery, including but not limited to hand-delivery, U.S. mail and Federal Express, that relate in any way to any financial interests including but not limited to, assets and/or liabilities of any party herein;
10.
  Directly or indirectly disposing of, erasing, deleting, redacting, transferring ownership of, encumbering, loaning concealing, dissipating, altering or removing from this jurisdiction any computer-maintained records, including but not limited to hard drive records, computer programs, computer discs, on-line banking accounts/records, on-line investment accounts/records, accounting spreadsheets, household budget records, etc.;
11.
  From permanently removing the minor child/ren of the parties from the jurisdiction of this Court, or concealing the whereabouts of the minor child/ren of the parties during the pendency of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
                                                                    __________________________________
                                                                    Judge

_____________________________
Plaintiff


WARNING

This is an official Court Order. If you disobey any order of the court, you may be found in contempt of Court, sentenced to jail, fined, and ordered to pay costs and attorney fees in addition to any other legal remedy available to the spouse, child(ren) or other dependent(s) affected. This order is in effect until (1) the Court issues an order, that modifies or vacates it, or (2) a judgment for divorce, legal separation or annulment is filed with the Clerk of Courts.

 

Effective: January 30, 2017

 

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TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER FORM