In Texas a TRO must include a date for a hearing, which must be within 14 days of issuing the order. During that 14 days, your best bet is to marshall your evidence for the hearing. That is, evidence and proof that support removing the TRO. The TRO has a time, date and place for the hearing. SHOW UP FOR THAT HEARING! If you don't, the Court will likely convert the TRO to a "permenent" Restraining Order (which will be periodically reviewed by the Court). If the other party fails to convince the Court that you should be permenently restrained, he will have to pay all your costs and fees.
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You must comply with the restraining order at all times. Usually a temporary restraining order is called an "ex parte" order which has been granted in your absence - the judge will rule in favor of its enforcement but also set a date for a second hearing at which you appear to defend your case. See this reference article for further explanation on the differences:
http://fighting-a-restraining-order.e-tomes.com/fighting-a-restraining-order-temporary-vs-permanent.html
You should defend yourself against the allegations otherwise it will become a permanent order against you. In your answer you need to state you do not want the TRO and that the Plaintiff is not in harm and that there is no credible threat and no future threat.
You do what the restraining order says. So, if it says pay someone, you pay them. If it says to do something, you do it. If it says to stop doing something, you stop doing it. If it says appear somewhere to explain something, then you appear and explain.
A TRO is an order of the court, issued immediately and without a hearing, commanding a person to not do something.
If your situation is one of domestic violence, then your court may have a special office [family violence] who will assist you in requesting a TRO.
But if you want a temporary restraining order to -- say, prevent your neighbor from letting his dog loose, you would probably need the help of an attorney. The attorney will prepare a motion for a TRO which will contain specific allegations required by the court and may even require that you post a bond to protect the defendant from being unlawfully restrained [remember that the TRO issues without a hearing].
By obeying it!
You go to court and respond to the allegations.
The Clerk does nothing but prepare the paperwork - if you want to know on who's authority the order was issued, you will have to look at the signature of the judge who signed it.
If a temporary restraining order has been issued, may I strongly suggest that you do not in anyway try to contact the child. However, please seek legal help to represent you at the court hearing.
A temporary restraining order or temporary injunction for personal protection can be issued ex parte in response to an emergency application, which application to the court can be made pro se.
The case would be drop
If you have a restraining order against you it could possibly hinder you obtaining your nursing license. It really depends on why the restraining order was issued.
There is no set time limit. The term(s) of restraining orders are set by the Judge at the time they are issued, depending upon the circumstance.
In the USA a person can remove a restraining order by reaching the County courthouse where it was issued and petition the Court regarding its procedures and regulations to have the restraining order removed. Once you have that information you or your attorney can ask for a Court date whereby your case for having the restraining order removed can be presented. In many cases these restraining orders were issued as you were named as a threat or possible threat to a person or persons. Be prepared to provide evidence that the threat or implied threat has no foundation in facts.
In almost all cases a restraining order is a publicly available court record. The ease with with the restraining order could be discovered depends on the level of public access available in the court where the order was issued.
Go back to the court that issued it and request that it be withdrawn or vacated.
A temporary order issued before the final order is issued or or made.