If your Domestic Violence Restraining Order (DVRO) is set to expire, you may be wondering what to do next. Do you want to renew your DVRO? Are you within the proper timeline to renew your DVRO? How much work is required to renew your DVRO? This short blog answers...
Domestic Violence Restraining Orders (DVROs) & Emergency Protective Orders (EPOs): Procedures, Preparation, Possibilities Recent and ongoing orders to stay home may not be welcome news to all. For some, it may exacerbate already tense, unhealthy dynamics and lead...
Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, Elder Abuse At Mendes Law, PC, we assist a variety of clients. Some of our clients are very vulnerable or at risk of neglect. In the course of a single day we assist, such as: Elderly persons in financial elder abuse cases Parents...
No one has the right to make you feel unsafe. A Restraining Order can help protect you. If you or someone you know is being abused or harassed by a friend, co-worker, family member, spouse, or other, it’s important to get legal help from a free resource or a...
If you’re reading this, chances are, either you or someone you know, has been a victim of domestic violence. Defined by the United States Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women, the definition of domestic violence is “a pattern of abusive behavior in...
The term “domestic violence” is misleading. Why? Because violence is in no way required to satisfy the requisite need for a Domestic Violence Restraining Order (DVRO). Under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA), as well as related case law, actual violence is...
