Sentences with phrase «domestic violence orders»

As of October 1, parties seeking a divorce in Maryland will be able to use a court - issued domestic violence order as evidence in their cases.

The NSW Government is greatly expanding the pilot of an innovative service to help Aboriginal defendants comply with an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO).

Protective orders (a form of domestic violence order) are designed to end and prevent abuse between family or household members.

An exclusion order allows you to remain at home as part of an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO), and excludes, or removes, the violent person.

Respondents singled out women who had suffered domestic violence as at particular risk: domestic violence orders were now harder to obtain due to evidence requirements, with some women being put off going to court at all, due to the difficulties obtaining legal aid.

Domestic violence orders are available in certain circumstances when your spouse, former spouse or a person of the opposite sex with whom you live attempts to cause bodily injury, or intentionally causes bodily injury or places you in fear of imminent serious bodily injury by the threat of force.

These include Protection Orders, Apprehended Violence Orders (AVOs) and Domestic Violence Orders (DVOs).

Basic information about family and domestic violence orders and links to further sources of information and support.

Fiona took out a Domestic Violence Order (DVO) over three years ago with the help of police when she left her ex-boyfriend.

Attach any current custody and visitation agreements, domestic violence orders, or child and spousal support orders to your child custody package.

The Court Support Officer assists women primarily in civil law matters such as when making an application to the court to obtain a Domestic Violence Order.

Urgent legal advice for immigration, family law, criminal matters and domestic violence orders

Getting Sole Decision - making in New Hampshire — Factor 1: There is a domestic violence order in effect.

The prohibition on using a domestic violence order as evidence in divorce cases has now been repealed, lifting an artificial veil from the court's ability to conduct a full review of the case before it.

Repeal will streamline the divorce process as a domestic violence order can be particularly useful in proving the date the parties separated.

Previously, domestic violence orders were not admissible in divorce cases because «there was concern that protective orders would be used as grounds for divorce,» said Delegate Kathleen Dumais (D - Montgomery), who sponsored the bill.

In addition, allowing a domestic violence order into evidence will protect domestic violence victims from having to re-litigate an abuse claim because the domestic violence order itself will help prove the conduct.