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Below is a list of domestic violence handbooks created by Legal Aid Services of Oregon and the Oregon Law Center. 

Some information in these handbooks is out-of-date because the law has changed. You can find updated information, based on these legal guides, in the family law and restraining order sections of this website.

Legal Booklets

• Family Law in Oregon (last updated 2010).   
• A Legal Guide for Advocates (last updated 2017).  

Restraining Order Handouts

• Protection Order Comparison Chart (last updated Jan. 2025).
• How to Prove your Family Abuse Prevention Act Restraining Order Case in Court (last updated 2021).
• How to Get a Family Abuse Prevention Act Restraining Order (last updated 2017).  
• How to Get an Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act Restraining Order.
• How to get a Stalking Protection Order (last updated 2017).
• How to get a Sexual Abuse Protection Order (last updated 2017).
• What to do If Your Restraining Order is Violated (last updated 2017).
• FAPA Hearing Checklist (last updated 2017).
• Parenting Time in Your Family Abuse Prevention Act Restraining Order (last updated 2017).
• Information for Respondents in FAPA cases (last updated 2017).

Handouts with Information on Other Legal Protections for Survivors

• Legal Protections for Survivors in Oregon (last updated 2017).
• Housing Rights for Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Victims (last updated 2017).
• Workplace Rights for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Harassment, Sexual Assault, or Stalking (last updated 2017).
• NEW: Temporary Assistance for Domestic Violence Survivors (last updated 2024). Spanish version. Vietnamese version. Russian version.
• Confidentiality and Privacy Protections for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (last updated 2017).

Videos

• Housing Protections for Survivors (created 2017).
• Workplace Rights for Survivors (created 2017).
• Overview of Protective Orders in Oregon (created 2017).
• Preparing for Court When Your Restraining Order is Contested (created 2017).
• Overview of Family Abuse Prevention Act Restraining Orders (created 2017).
• Custody and Parenting Time in Restraining Orders (created 2017).