The Special Victim's Bureau of the Oneida County District Attorney's Office is responsible for
prosecuting cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault of adults and children, and serious physical abuse and homicides of children.
Stephen Cobb QC, FLBA chairman, said that although the FLBA was supportive of rational initiatives which help tackle the national debt, the government should consider all the consequences fully as there would be an «inequality of arms» in
cases involving domestic violence before the courts.
Since April 2011 all couples whose marriages break up have had to consider mediation first before turning to the legal system to settle disputes,
although cases involving domestic violence or child protection issues still go straight to court.
Reasonable Efforts Checklist for
Dependency Cases Involving Domestic Violence (PDF - 9,943 KB) Goodmark (2008) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Family Violence Department Outlines information judges need to understand and more appropriately handle dependency cases in the context of domestic violence.
This manual provides background on this complex topic and addresses the following practice issues: The overlap between child maltreatment and domestic violence; The basics of domestic violence; Modifying child protection practice with families experiencing domestic violence; Enhancing caseworker safety and support in child
protection cases involving domestic violence; and Building collaborative responses for families experiencing domestic violence.
«LSC helps more than 1.8 million low - income Americans nationwide gain access to the courts
for cases involving domestic violence, disaster relief, housing, veteran benefits, and child custody.
This year's version of the bill would essentially ban cash bail for most misdemeanors, except in
cases involving domestic violence.
(11) Special considerations must be taken into account when early neutral evaluation processes are used in
cases involving domestic violence.
The increase in police body - worn cameras has led to an increase in so - called «victimless prosecutions», particularly in
cases involving domestic violence.
Some attorneys may specialize in
cases involving domestic violence, while others will routinely handle cases involving driving under the influence (DUI).
In
cases involving domestic violence or other assault, the Crown may look to see if a pattern of violence exists, or if any protection order or restraining order has been placed on you.
In addition, in
cases involving domestic violence, the Injunction for Protection may require the other spouse to pay temporary child support or alimony while the spouses have a pending divorce case.
Since
your case involves domestic violence, you can even pursue a personal protection order, or PPO, which aims to protect you or your child from personal injury by preventing or limiting your spouse's contact.
Under the new laws, judges would be required to presume an equal division of parenting time even in
cases involving domestic violence.
But if states adopted a rebuttable presumption that parents should strive to have 50/50 time whenever it was in the best interest of the children, AND there were exceptions in
any case involving domestic violence, that might get us closer to putting both parents on even footing.
Family law touches on property law, financial matters such as pensions, tax law and bankruptcy law, inheritance law, child custody and even criminal law (in
cases involving domestic violence).
Cases involving domestic violence, dissipation of marital assets, and other emergency matters will require immediate court action and the intervention of the judge.
Also, if
your case involves domestic violence, using direct negotiation will be out of the question.
By Lisa Gelman A recently introduced private members bill from Toronto MPP Mike Colle seeks to direct insurers to pay out claims for
cases involving domestic violence.
In
any cases involving domestic violence allegations the mental health professional must consult with a domestic violence expert.