78B-7-108 - Mutual protective orders prohibited.
78B-7-108. Mutual protective orders prohibited.
(1) A court may not grant a mutual order or mutual orders for protection to opposingparties, unless each party:
(a) has filed an independent petition against the other for a protective order, and bothpetitions have been served;
(b) makes a showing at a due process protective order hearing of abuse or domesticviolence committed by the other party; and
(c) demonstrates the abuse or domestic violence did not occur in self-defense.
(2) If the court issues mutual protective orders, the circumstances justifying those ordersshall be documented in the case file.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session