Chapter 3-Family Law
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fiona25 on October 20, 2011
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Domestic Violence
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Paralegals and Criminal Justice
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abuse Prevention Laws | Laws that enable domestic violence victims to obtain emergency protective orders. |
| Batterer Intervention Program | A treatment or counseling program that works specifically with batterers. |
| Cyberstalking | The use of the internet or other mode of electronic communication to threaten or harass someone. |
| Domestic Violence | Abusive behavior toward someone with whom one is a dating, familial, household, or intimate relationship. |
| Ex Parte | A hearing that is held without prior notice to the other side due to the urgent nature of the proceeding or the harm that such notice would cause. |
| Intimate Partner Violence | Violence between partners who are in a same-sex or hetersexual relationship, including dating relationships. |
| Mutual Orders of Protection | Orders of protection granted by some courts to both parties where only one party has sought court intervention. |
| No-Contact Order | A protective order that prohibits someone from having any contact with the party he or she has abused. |
| Protective Order | A court order to protect the victim from harm; although civil in nature, violation of these orders is a criminal offense in many states. |
| Restaining Order | A court order directing a perpetrator to refrain from committing further acts of domestic violence against the party seeking protection from abuse; may also protect the children. |
| Stalking | The malicious, willful, and repeated tracking down and following of another person; stalking is often a presursor to acts of serious bodily injury. |
| Stay-Away Order | A court order, pursurant to an abuse prevention law, requiring the perpetrator to keep away from the victim's home or other places where the victim regulary goes (e.g., work). |
| Temporary Order | An order made during the pendency of a legal proceeding; temporary orders are superseded by the judgment. |
| Vacate Order | A court order requiring a perpetrator of domestic violence to move out of the home he or she shares with the party who has been abused; vacate orders do not affect title to property. |
| Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). | Federal law providing protection to victims of domestic violence and funding for anti-violence programs. |
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