A Victim Of Domestic Violence Need Not Have Disclosed The Abuse To Another To Establish A Predicate Act Of Domestic Violence

Victims of abuse have many reasons for not reporting prior acts of domestic violence – either to friends, family, co-workers, etc. or the police. Logically, the failure to report does not negate the fact that the abuse happened. One would think that judges hearing domestic violence, more so than most people, would not that given the domestic violence training that they receive, as well as their training in the law......
By: Fox Rothschild LLP

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