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Question: Can my children's father get a restraining order against me keeping me from my children after he lost all parental rights in court after he failed to comply with dcfs the state gave me custody and terminated his but I allowed him back in their lives now he says he has a restraining order is that possible?

Answer: It is difficult to answer this question without seeing the actual "restraining order" and the petition he filed to get it. A lot also depends on what you mean by "I allowed him back in their lives." Normally, once the juvenile court has terminated a parent's legal rights, that person loses the ability to file papers on behalf of the minor child. But if your "allowance" involved signing documents that handed him back some form of father-child relationship (e.g. an adoption), then the situation might be more complicated. That would be unusual, though. Most times, when a parent's rights are severed, that's it.