If your current or former spouse has filed a domestic violence petition against you, it could affect your relationship with the children. Depending on the conditions of the protective order the court may issue, you could be prevented from seeing or even contacting...
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Family Protection Order – Defense
New Year’s Eve and domestic violence: How to stay safe
The relationship between domestic violence and alcohol is complicated -- and deadly. More than one research study has found that the majority of deadly domestic incidents are connected to the perpetrator's use of alcohol. In many cases, all it takes is a few drinks...
Orders of protection: The super-weapon of divorce
You think that your divorce is trudging along like most normal divorces and then, suddenly, you find yourself served with papers telling you that your spouse and children are under an order of protection -- from you. What? As unbelievable as it sounds, unsubstantiated...
Served with a protective order? What happens next?
If you've just been served with a family protective order, you may be feeling a variety of emotions -- anger, frustration and grief among them. However, the biggest thing you may be experiencing is a profound sense of confusion, particularly if you don't think you did...
