The court shall not issue mutual restraining orders to the parties, unless each of the parties:(a) Has filed an independent petition requesting a protection order against the other party;(b) has been notified of the petition filed by the other party;(c) proves in an evidentiary hearing that the other party incurred conduct which constitutes domestic violence, and(d) proves that the domestic violence did not occur within a self-defense context. History —Aug. 15, 1989, No. 54, p. 199, added as § 2.1A on Apr. 23, 2004, No. 100, § 2.
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