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Friday, March 19, 2010

New bill to protect teens from dating violence

By Kim Margolis | Friday, March 19, 2010, 02:59 PM

Gov Ted Strickland signed a bill that would allow teenagers to protect themselves from domestic violence.

The bill will allow a teenager whose boyfriend or girlfriend is harming them to obtain a restraining order in juvenile court.

Before this bill, a restraining order was only available to protect adults.

The bill derives from the cases of two teen-agers who were killed by boyfriends, including a Cleveland teen who was shot in the face by her ex-boyfriend. She had wanted to get a protection order, but could not, according to the Associated Press.

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