Failure-To-Protect Laws May Lead To Jail Time For Abuse Victims
About one in four women and one and seven men are, or have been, victims of intimate partner violence. While there are laws that help protect domestic abuse victims from perpetrators, sometimes those laws are used to further persecute sufferers. Case in point, some prosecutors use failure-to-protect laws to put parents in jail for abuse committed unto children by intimate partners, even though the parents may not have participated in the abuse.
Family Divorces: Learning To Separate The Digital Life
In today's society, a divorce is a lot more than moving out from your home. Along with the physical world that you live in, divorces expand to the digital world. With social media profiles and digital content, your family footprint can cover a lot of ground. Protecting yourself and getting through the divorce as easily as possible often involves a lot of changes to your digital world. By coming up with plans on your own and working with a family law attorney, you have the ability to peacefully change your social media life and cope with your divorce at the same time.