Kathleen Waits, Houston Law Review, 1998, Symposium: Domestic Violence and the Health Care System - A personal story of one battered woman's experience in the family court system.

The Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP) is a collaborative effort of three nationally respected organizations that have pioneered innovative civil and criminal justice responses to domestic violence. Maintains resource library of materials related to domestic violence and the justice system.

Decision upholding no contact order restricting parents' contact with children with order of protection in place.

Final Report of the Child Custody and Visitation Focus Group

An essay from the Harvard School on Public Health discussing the importance of medical records in domestic violence legal cases.

The Tribal Court Clearinghouse - Links and Information on Domestic and Family Violence fortribal court personnel, tribal law enforcement personnel, domestic violence victim service agency personnel, social services personnel, and others in handling domestic violence cases and issues.

Paper by Robyn Holder which explores some of the contemporary debates and dilemmas in implementing criminal justice reform in the area of domestic violence. From the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse.

The American Bar Association recommends that court-mandated mediation include an opt-out prerogative in any action in which one party has perpetrated domestic violence upon the other party.

Understanding the Problem and knowing the Victim. The American Judges Foundation.

Arguments against the use of the "loss of control" or provocation defence. Published by Zero Tolerance Against Violence, Canada

Join Together Organization news article

The American Bar Association's web site for domestic violence issues. Information for attorneys and survivors. Contains information on protecting privacy for survivors during and after divorce.

Provides links to articles, legal help, resources to help victims of domestic violence.

Violence Against Women Online Resources - University of Michigan

Safety tips for victims of domestic violence from the American Bar Association. Includes information in Spanish.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention report in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

A Law School Report by the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence. Produced with the support of the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice

NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund helps abused women escape the cycle of violence by advocating for their employment rights through its Employment Rights for Survivors of Abuse project.

Information on Tort claim by woman who asserts denial of equal protection on the part of law enforcement in domestic violence case in Louisiana.

Step by step advocacy guide for working with the crimincal justice system for women and children impacted by abuse.

Help for victims of crime from the Office of Victims of Crime in the Bureau of Justice. Numerous resources on the state and federal level.

Center for Impact Research

Women's Justice Center

Developed and Distributed by National Center on Full Faith and Credit, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. This guide is for you or someone you know who has a protection order and who may travel across state, territorial or tribal lines. It is intended to help you use the full faith and credit provision of the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994. It also explains the federal law and offers ideas about where to get help if you have problems with enforcement of your protection order.

Information from the IRS on help for spouses who have tax liability because of erroneous filing by a partner. Batterers may threaten to use legal issues such as tax liability against partners to keep them from leaving or requesting equitable child support. The IRS offers help with this filing option. Spouses in danger can be protected from batterers' learning their current address or other identifying information. Consult IRS offices for information.

Link to Abstract: Sachs, N. P. (2000). Journal of Psychohistory, 28(2), 203-227. This article discusses why abusers are often favored by personnel in the legal system during child custody disputes. The author proposes some new standards that would reform some of these problems and ensure that children are placed in the custody of the better parent.

Interactive site walks clients through the procedures for obtaining an order of protection in Georgia courts.

The Louisiana Protective Order Registry (LPOR) is a project of the Judicial Administrator's Office of the Louisiana Supreme Court.? This computerized database was established by state legislation in 1997 and serves as a repository for temporary restraining orders, protective orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions, court approved consent agreements, peace bonds, bail restrictions, sentencing orders, and probation conditions issued for the purpose of preventing harassment, threats, or violence against an intimate partner or family member.

Testimony in the wrongful-death suit of Macias vs. Sheriff Mark Ihde et al. Maria Teresa Macias was shot and killed by her estranged husband after repeated requests to enforce a restraining order were ignored by the Sonoma County, California, sheriff's department.

Appeal granted to woman convicted of manslaughter on grounds of defense of others. Defendant was pregnant when she stabbed boyfriend who had assaulted her.

The National Alliance For Family Court Justice, founded in 1993 by Elisabeth Richards of Annandale,Virginia, is an international group of volunteers dedicated to addressing system failure in the courts and social services resulting in retaliation against non-offending parents who complain of family abuse, especially mothers of children who disclose sexual abuse.

An agency claiming to provide free legal help to women who have been abused or sexually assaulted. No information is provided on officers or directors of this entity. Proceed with caution.

Interactive learning tool for domestic violence, including he applicable requirements of state and federal laws and court cases. It provides information on the dynamics of domestic violence, explains the process governing orders of protection, describes how domestic violence can affect a variety of civil and criminal cases, and addresses pretrial, trial and sentencing issues.

Self-directed system for obtaining order of protection in New York

Nathan Bartsch, a nonresident of Iowa, appeared specially in an Iowa domestic-abuse case under Iowa Code chapter 236 (1999) to challenge the courtÕs personal jurisdiction over him. The court agreed it did not have personal jurisdiction but concluded that, for purposes of entering a protective order under chapter 236, personal jurisdiction was not required. The court also denied NathanÕs motion to dismiss based on forum non conveniens.

Article by Jennifer P. Maxwell, Ph.D., 1998

The defences of provocation, self-defence, and defence of property are frequently invoked in the context of crimes involving the use of force. Canada's laws for these defences have remained virtually unchanged for over a hundred years. Their application and meaning have been refined by decades of judicial interpretation, but the defences are still governed by the language of the Criminal Code. Many individuals and groups believe that these defences reflect archaic and outmoded values and principles and that they need to be reformulated to address modern concerns and realities, particularly in the domestic sphere.

News and court opinions from an agency in New York State working for the rights of women an children in families where abuse occurs.

The father's rights movement - how to legally stalk, harass, and intimidate victims of domestic violence after a restraining order has been issued.

National Association of Women and the Law (Canada)

Published by the Women's Rights Network, Wellesley Centers for Women. A human rights report on child custody and domestic violence issues

Test of the Efficacy of Court-Mandated Counseling for Domestic Violence Offenders: The Broward Experiment NCJ Number: 184752 Author: Lynette Feder ; David R. Forde Sponsor: National Institute of Justice US Dept of Justice

Protection order and firearm possession case law.

Report to Congress on battered women's syndrome. Published jointly by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Mental Health. (PDF Document)

Legal methods for structuring supervised visitation when there has been violence in the family.

Waikato Law Review: Volume 4, Special Edition 1996, Australia

WEAVE provides holistic services, including legal representation, counseling, and social services, to victims of domestic violence.

In this website, you will find state-by-state domestic violence legal and procedural information.