How to Deal with Criminal Protective Orders in Domestic Violence Cases
October 13th, 2025 by Attorney Dan Carman
When a domestic relationship turns violent, the courts may get involved by issuing a protective order to keep the parties apart and prevent them from harming one another. These orders, which can limit or stop all contact from an abusive individual, are meant to protect their partners from violence that may include physical injury, sexual abuse, or assault, or from threats to carry out such violence. The alleged abuser can be a spouse, ex-spouse, parent, child, stepchild, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, son/daughter-in-law, spouse’s parent, spouse’s grandparent, spouse’s brother, spouse’s sister, […]
How Long Does Domestic Violence Stay on Your Record?
December 22nd, 2021 by Attorney Dan Carman
Having domestic violence on your record can have long-term consequences. No matter what happened, many people will see you as a violent criminal. You may be excluded from jobs, housing, and other opportunities. This can last for your entire life, as there is no defined time limit for how long domestic violence stays on your record. However, there are steps that you may be able to take to get domestic violence off of your record. How Long Does a Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Conviction Stay on Your Record? If you’re familiar […]
Domestic Violence Doesn’t Discriminate Against the LGBT Community
January 11th, 2017 by Attorney Dan Carman
It’s a universal truth that relationships are hard. To be successful, they require work, compromise, and sacrifice. That’s especially true of intimate, long-term relationships. Some people have issues handling control, which can lead them to try to dominate their partner through emotional, sexual, psychological, or physical behavior. On average in the United States, 20 people per minute are victims of physical violence by an intimate partner, equaling more than 10 million women and men per year. Annually, over seven million people are victims of stalking and nearly two million women […]