How Can a Family Violence Lawyer Help You?

Family violence or domestic violence are very common crimes. Most domestic violence victims experience emotional and physical trauma as the oppressor is a family member. Incidents of family violence are often unreported as the victim is scared to go to the police. The victims of such domestic violence crimes in are women and children who [...]

Domestic Violence Divorce – How Abusers Use The System To Invalidate Domestic Violence Survivors

Victims of domestic abuse reach out to the system for help in stopping the abuse perpetrated upon them. This can involve both healthcare and law enforcement. Yet, what actually happens, more often than most people know, is that these so-called “helpers” can be used to perpetuate domestic violence “legally” during divorce. In healthcare, it’s the [...]

Security for Domestic Violence Victims

If you or someone you love is the victim of domestic violence, you understand fear and terror. The typical victim stays with an abuser for a variety of reasons that are unique to the relationship. However, the most dangerous time for a victim is when she (or he) decides to leave the abuser. If [...]

Domestic Violence Against Women as a Workplace Concern

Domestic violence against women would seem to be a private family problem, but it spills out into the workplace making it an economic problem as well.  Millions of women are verbally, physically, and sexually abused all over the world leading to countless injuries and sometimes even death.  This unfortunate and devastating personal problem has [...]

The Killing Fields: Domestic Violence Victims Wounds Are “Pre-existing Condition”

Domestic violence is not a pre-existing condition for which coverage may be denied by insurance companies- it’s a crime. Insurance companies should not be able to discriminate against crime victims. Yet they have for years. If you are a victim of domestic violence and have either been admitted by way of your personal physician [...]

Health Needs of Survivors of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is not over when the victim is safe and out of harm’s way. It’s not over until justice has been served. Even then, it’s not over. It’s not over until the victim is safe, justice has been served, and the victim is well. Consider these facts: Abuse, especially repetitive abuse, leaves a [...]

Domestic Violence Victims Security Expert Outlines Domestic Violence Help Tips

Historically many married domestic violence DV victims have suffered in silence as most law enforcement agencies maintained a hands-off approach to intervening in marital affairs. Thankfully most of today’s law enforcement agencies have revised their policies and now adopt a more pro-active response when faced with DV victims. Most of these law enforcement agencies [...]

The other side of the abuse story

Most of our media reporting on Intimate Partner Violence (domestic violence and dating violence) today are based on patently false information, lack even the pretense of objectivity and violates the very concept of journalistic integrity. They amount to nothing more than ideological propaganda. The most common misrepresentation of facts often states things [...]

Divorce and Domestic Violence: Victims of Domestic Violence

If you are a victim of domestic violence or if you know someone who is a victim of domestic violence you may not know what to do in this situation. If it is an emergency you may want to consider calling 911. If you feel trapped in an abusive relationship that involves domestic violence, [...]

Recognizing Domestic Violence Victims in the Workplace

Countless women endure the physical, sexual and psychological abuse of domestic violence in their own homes from their partners. It is estimated that in the U.S. among women 18 and older, 5.3 million acts of domestic violence happen every year. The statistics are even higher internationally, and aside from the tragic personal implications, the [...]

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