HB57

Louisiana HB57 allows courts to consider past criminal history in temporary restraining order proceedings.

Louisiana HB57 amends existing law to allow courts to consider any and all past criminal history of parties in temporary restraining order proceedings. The court may obtain and consider this history on its own motion. The bill retains the current law that allows a temporary restraining order to be issued to protect from abuse in an ex-parte proceeding for good cause. If a temporary restraining order is granted without notice, the matter must be set within twenty-one days for a rule to show cause hearing. The petitioner must prove the allegations of abuse by a preponderance of the evidence.