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This section of the site provides a list of summaries related to domestic violence and stalking cases. Case summaries may be selected by clicking on the category links listed below, or by typing in appropriate keywords. When using the search-by-keyword option, use lower case type and separate multiple words by a comma and a space. Other case summaries will be added to these categories as they become available.



Domestic Violence Stalking
  1. Attorney Fees
  2. Attorneys
  3. Backlash
  4. Civil Protection Orders
  5. Civil Protection Orders: Duration
  6. Civil Protection Orders: Enforcement
  7. Civil Protection Orders: Magistrates
  8. Civil Protection Orders: Renewal
  9. Cohabitation
  10. Constitutional Issues
  11. Criminal
  12. Criminal: Defendant's Right of Confrontation
  13. Criminal: Domestic Violence Double Jeopardy Issues
  14. Criminal: Domestic Violence Expungement
  15. Criminal: Domestic Violence Guilty Pleas
  16. Criminal: Domestic Violence Prosecution without Victim
  17. Criminal: Domestic Violence Sentencing
  18. Criminal: Recanting Complainant
  19. Criminal: Temporary Protection Orders
  20. Custody Issues
  21. Divorce Issues
  22. Domestic Violence Shelters - Confidentiality
  23. Judges
  24. Juveniles
  25. Law Enforcement Response
  26. Parental Discipline
  27. Same Sex Couples
  28. Tort
  29. Victim of Crimes Fund
  30. Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
  31. Visitation Issues
  32. Weapons
  1. Belief of Impending Physical Harm
  2. Civil Protection Orders
  3. Constitutional Issues
  4. Criminal: Double Jeopardy
  5. Criminal: Stalking Sentencing
  6. Definition of "Closely Related in Time"
  7. Definition of "Knowingly Causing"
  8. Effect on Unemployment Compensation
  9. Insanity Defense
  10. Jurisdiction
  11. Mental Distress Requirements
  12. Other Acts Evidence
  13. Pattern of Conduct
  14. Stalking Civil Protection Orders
  15. Stalking Protection Orders
  16. Standard
  17. Surrendering Firearms
  18. Tort Liability