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Nicole’s Law — permits victim of sex offense to obtain restraining order against offender

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March 9, 2010 at 3:57 pm

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Domestic Violence and the Battered-woman’s Syndrome

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March 5, 2010 at 4:26 pm

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*All Posts, Defense, Laches, Statute of Limitations, domestic-violence, litigation | Tags:

Instances of domestic violence that were not the underlying acts leading to the TRO, are not subject to the a one-year statute of limitations incorporated in the PDVA, or the defense of laches

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March 2, 2010 at 7:10 pm

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*All Posts, Assault, Harassment, domestic-violence | Tags:

When determining whether a restraining order should be issued based on an act of assault or, for that matter, any of the predicate acts, the court must consider the evidence in light of whether there is a previous history of domestic violence, and whether there exists immediate danger to person or property

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March 2, 2010 at 7:06 pm

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*All Posts, Terroristic threats, domestic-violence | Tags:

The crime of terroristic threats requires a showing of three essential elements: (1) that the defendant in fact threatened the plaintiff; (2) that the defendant’s intent was to threaten the plaintiff; and (3) that a reasonable person, under an objective standard, would have believed the threat

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February 26, 2010 at 12:02 pm

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*All Posts, Criminal, Stalking, domestic-violence | Tags: ,

New Jersey’s anti-stalking statute reaches and punishes one who purposefully or knowingly engages in a course of stalking conduct that would cause a reasonable victim to fear bodily injury or death

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February 23, 2010 at 12:42 pm

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*All Posts, Harassment, domestic-violence

In addition to proving a predicate offense, entitlement to a domestic violence retraining order also requires proof that such an order is needed to protect the plaintiff’s health and well-being in the future

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February 23, 2010 at 12:36 pm

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The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act is constitutional

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February 18, 2010 at 12:58 pm

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It is a due process violation when the defendant received a domestic violence complaint and restraining order only one day prior to the final hearing

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February 5, 2010 at 12:13 pm

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*All Posts, Counsel Fees, domestic-violence

The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act specifically authorizes a judge to award reasonable attorney’s fees

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January 27, 2010 at 1:32 pm

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