Legal

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  National Defense Authorization Act Includes Sweeping Reforms

  Reform removes serious crime prosecution from military command | Members of the U.S. armed forces aren’t held accountable by the civilian court system, but instead by ... read more

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  Revenge Porn Meets the Law: Federal Protections for Victims

  A federal law on nonconsensual distribution of sexual images, or “revenge porn,” is poised to become law | Forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and one U.S. t... read more

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  Jennifers' Law Addresses Coercive Control in Family Court

  Connecticut is the third state to include this tactic of abuse in their definition of domestic violence after two murders make headlines | Connecticut Governor Ned Lam... read more

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  How to Find an Expert Witnesses for Court: Part 2

  Where to find the right expert witness for your domestic violence or coercive control case, and how much you can expect to pay | If you read Part I of how and when to ... read more

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  How an Expert Witness Can Help Your Court Case: Part 1

  Using an expert witness could help build credibility in domestic violence or coercive control court cases | Expert witnesses educate judges and juries in both criminal... read more

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  Part II: One Abuser, Three Wives and Zero Accountability

  James’ second wife was nearly killed before finding herself behind bars for self-defense | Robin* met James* when he was technically still married to his first wife (s... read more

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  My 2-Year-Old Daughter Was Murdered by Her Father

  Warrior mom Jacqueline Franchetti is working to change the family court system and protect other children from the same fate | Jacqueline Franchetti remembers her 2-ye... read more

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  Tips to Prepare for Virtual Court

  With many court hearings going virtual, it’s important to prepare when testifying from a computer or smart phone | Just the idea of going to court scares a lot of surv... read more

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  Virtual Court Hearings Make Testifying Safer

  The silver lining of the pandemic may be not having to face an abuser in court | The pandemic has been hard on everyone, but particularly survivors of domestic violenc... read more

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  A Guide to Restraining Orders

  A comprehensive guide for survivors of domestic violence on getting an order of protection | Many survivors of domestic violence choose to get a restraining order, or ... read more

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  What Is Battered Woman Syndrome?

  A comprehensive guide to the term 'battered woman syndrome' | In the 1970s, “battered woman syndrome” began being used as a legal defense to explain the mental... read more

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  Help Police Determine Who is the Primary Aggressor

  Abusers often try to pass themselves off as victims. Help police understand what is really going on | When police arrive at homes after domestic violence incidents, th... read more

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  Legal Help for Domestic Violence Issues

  A helpline specifically for legal assistance in domestic violence cases | Domestic violence often brings legal concerns into survivors’ lives. For the first time, an i... read more

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  An Abuser Stole Your Stimulus Check ... Now What?

  The steps you can take to get your 2020 economic impact payment—and how to avoid it happening again | In March, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue S... read more

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  Do Stand Your Ground Laws Apply to DV Survivors?

  How self-defense laws help victims of abuse and how they don’t | Self-defense laws in every state are designed to help protect would-be victims of assault from prosecu... read more