Who can I get a restraining order against?

"Family or household members" defined as people who are or were:

  1. Married; or
  2. Living together in the same household, including same sex relationships; or
  3. Related by blood or are/were related by marriage; or
  4. Parents of a common child, regardless of whether they have every been married or lived together; or
  5.  Involved in a substantive dating relationship. The law does cover those parties who are or have been involved in a "substantive dating relationship", including same sex relationships.