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How can someone remove a restraining order from a record in Oregon?

How can someone remove a restraining order from a record in Oregon?

How can I expunge a restraining order in Oregon?

Several years ago I was served a restraining order by my ex-fiancée, on the grounds that she felt threatened by me. This was quite a surprise given the fact that there had never been violence in our relationship or the threat of before or after. I actually helped move her into her new residence just two days before I received the order. Afterwards I came to find Various bills had been run up and I had no right to contact, so I took it to court.

In court the judge listened to our cases, which were mainly He said she said accounts and feelings. The judge recognized that there had not been any physical violence or threats thereof or proof to back it up but upheld it anyhow literally stating "she is about a foot shorter than you, you're a big guy" as his basis for doing so. We haven't had contact since.

Here we are, years later and I have moved on. I've graduated college with honors, met and married a wonderful woman and started a family with her. The restraining order still haunts me. When I apply for work it shows up on my record, but when talking about it in interviews I get to be re humiliated and am left with the option of taking the blame for a wrong i do not feel i have commited or explaining what happened, which only makes me seem like some sort of criminal. I am the sole provider for my wife and daughter. I am potentially losing higher paying jobs based on this which is taking away from my families quality of life.

What can I do? How can I get rid of this and move on? I would like to be able to support my family and this is making it difficult to do so. Do I have any legal grounds to demand it be removed? What can I do?

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  • 9 years ago
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    Crappy deal and a complete miscarriage of justice. The judge overstepped his bounds and thumbed his nose at precedent. BTW, the initial order was for an ex-parte restraining order. The judge turned it into a real restraining order based on your size, not precedent or testimony. You should have appealed, but that ship has sailed. Go to an attorney and get that thing expunged, you've seen what happens when you try to act pro se.

    If the burden of proof in a restraining order case is height, I missed the memo. You really should have appealed the ruling. The appeals court would have thought the trial judge utterly insane.

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