The Law with respect to family related, domestic violence issues. Book of law with a gavel and a Restraining Order. As of January 1, 2019, Connecticut just passed a dramatic change in domestic violence enforcement which will have significant effects upon the rights and cases of people who get involved…
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Connecticut Passes New Stalking Statue – Expands The Conduct that Constitutes Stalking to Include Social Media
On July 1, 2017 the Legislature passed Public Act 17-31 (effective October 1, 2017) which had some significant changes for domestic violence laws in Connecticut. The most interesting was the modification to the stalking statute to significantly relax the threshold for a criminal prosecution and at the same time expand the…
Why Are There so Many Domestic Violence Arrests in Connecticut? – Mandatory Arrest Law and Dual Arrest Discussed
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention there are about 25 incidents of domestic violence every minute in the United States. While nationwide trends have shown that the rates of domestic violence have dropped significantly since their peak levels in the early 1980’s after many States including Connecticut…
Connecticut Domestic Violence Cases and the Dreaded Referral to AIC Services – How to Handle the Situation
Lately, I have had a lot of really upset clients walking into my office who got caught up in relatively minor domestic violence matters in which no violence or physical injuries were reported, yet the clients were ordered by the Court to engage in fairly invasive “AIC” treatment for both…