Protective orders are designed to safeguard victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, and other crimes by legally requiring abusers to stay away. However, obtaining one can be daunting ...

The bill is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, and nine other states have similar legislation in place already.

Cassandra felt hopeless. “The police keep telling me to get a protection order, but it keeps getting denied because I haven’t had any physical abuse,” she explained. “But my ex keeps driving by, ...

State Sen. Jason Prokop said that after speaking with multiple advocates and survivors, he thinks protection orders are not ...

Currently, New Hampshire has two parallel systems for domestic violence: criminal and civil. Survivors of abuse can file ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The severity of domestic violence cases is seemingly on the rise in Nebraska, and now has state lawmakers concerned as they voted to advance a bill expanding the length of ...

The Washington Hope Card program, initially launched Jan. 1, has now sent out 2,000 wallet-sized copies of protection orders for vulnerable adults and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, ...

The Connecticut Supreme Court has just redrawn the line that separates your right to own a gun from the court’s power to take it away when a protective order is in place. Instead of treating firearm ...