Can a Restraining Order or Order of Protection case be dropped in Missouri? Chris Combs and Steve Waterkotte discuss getting a restraining order or order of protection dropped/dismissed in Missouri.
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Scott Michael Dunn: What if the petitioner, if I were the petitioner and I just want to drop it, I just want to drop the order of protection?
Steve Waterkotte: You can. There’s a couple ways. A lot of times the petitioners just don’t show up to court. I’ve been there, appeared, we’re ready for a hearing, we show up, and the petitioner just doesn’t show up. And those are typically petitioners that know this process and use it and abuse it as well.
There’s times when a petitioner may hire a lawyer, they call me, we work out a resolution. That’s not entirely uncommon where they’ll dismiss this kind of based on our assurances. “Listen, I talked to my client. This thing woke him up or her up. Rest assured there’s gonna be no more issues.”
Or I’ve had petitioners in cases of mine that just simply walk down to the court, walk in the courthouse, fill out a memo saying, “I changed my mind. I’m dismissing this.”
You see that in a lot of relationships. Maybe they kiss and make up. The girlfriend or boyfriend goes into the courthouse and says, “I don’t want to go through with this.”
It doesn’t take a whole lot and it can be done.
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