Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 124 § 124.020 — Ex

Ex parte hearing; required findings; judicial relief; forms; request by respondent for hearing. (1) When a petitioner or guardian petitioner files a petition under ORS 124.010, the circuit court shall hold an ex parte hearing in person or by telephone on the day the petition is filed or on the following judicial day. Upon a showing that the elderly person or person with a disability named in the petition has been the victim of abuse committed by the respondent within 180 days preceding the filing of the petition and that there is an immediate and present danger of further abuse to the person, the court shall, if requested by the petitioner or guardian petitioner, order, for a period of one year or until the order is withdrawn or amended, whichever is sooner: (a) That the respondent be required to move from the residence of the elderly person or person with a disability, if in the sole name of the person or if jointly owned or rented by the person and the respondent, or if the parties are married to each other; (b) That a peace officer accompany the party who is leaving or has left the parties’ residence to remove essential personal effects of the party; (c) That the respondent be restrained from abusing, intimidating, molesting, interfering with or menacing the elderly person or person with a disability, or attempting to abuse, intimidate, molest, interfere with or menace the person; (d) That the respondent be restrained from entering, or attempting to enter, on any premises when it appears to the court that such restraint is necessary to prevent the respondent from abusing, intimidating, molesting, interfering with or menacing the elderly person or person with a disability; (e) That the respondent be: (A) Restrained, effective on a date not less than 150 days from the date of the order, from mailing the elderly person or person with a disability any sweepstakes promotion; (B) Required to remove the elderly person or person with a disability from the respondent’s sweepstakes promotion mailing list or place the person on a list of persons to whom sweepstakes promotions may not be mailed; and (C) Required to promptly refund any payment received in any form from the elderly person or person with a disability after the date the order is entered by the court; or (f) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, other relief that the court considers necessary to provide for the safety and welfare of the elderly person or person with a disability. (2)(a) If the court finds that the elderly person or person with a disability has been the victim of abuse as defined in ORS 124.005 (1)(g), the court may order only relief that the court considers necessary to prevent or remedy the wrongful taking or appropriation of the money or property of the person, including but not limited to: (A) Directing the respondent to refrain from exercising control over the money or property of the person; (B) Requiring the respondent to return custody or control of the money or property of the person to the person; (C) Requiring the respondent to follow the instructions of the guardian or conservator of the person; or (D) Prohibiting the respondent from transferring the money or property of the elderly person or person with a disability to any person other than the elderly person or person with a disability. (b) The court may not use a restraining order issued under ORS 124.005 to 124.040: (A) To allow any person other than the elderly person or person with a disability to assume responsibility for managing any of the money or property of the elderly person or person with a disability; or (B) For relief that is more appropriately obtained in a protective proceeding filed under ORS chapter 125 including, but not limited to, giving control and management of the financial accounts or property of the elderly person or person with a disability for any purpose other than the relief granted under paragraph (a) of this subsection. (3) The showing required under subsection (1) of this section may be made by testimony of: (a) The elderly person or person with a disability; (b) The guardian or guardian ad litem of the elderly person or person with a disability; (c) Witnesses to the abuse; or (d) Adult protective services workers who have conducted an investigation. (4) Immediate and present danger under this section includes but is not limited to situations in which the respondent has recently threatened the elderly person or person with a disability with additional abuse. (5) When a guardian petitioner files a petition on behalf of an elderly person or a person with a disability, the guardian petitioner shall provide information about the person and not about the guardian petitioner where the petition, order or related forms prescribed under subsection (6) of this section require information about the petitioner. (6) The State Court Administrator shall prescribe the co