Protective Orders for Victims of Sexual Violence

An act to amend Titles 10 and 11 of the Delaware code relating to protective orders for victims of sexual violence

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This Act permits a person who has been the victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration to apply for a sexual violence protective order if the person has a reasonable fear, based on specific conduct occurring contemporaneously or subsequent to the non-consensual sexual conduct or penetration, that the perpetrator of the sexual conduct will harm the petitioner in the future.

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