According to data from the California Department of Justice Criminal Justice Statistics Center, police responded to 160,646 domestic violence calls in 2020 – defined by California Penal Code 13700 as involving acts, attempts, or threats of bodily injury between adults...
[Sources: Perez v. Torres-Hernandez (2016) 1 Cal.App.5th 389; Robert A. Simon, Ph.D.] Under the Family Code in the State of California, domestic violence towards a parent is attributable towards children whether or not the children are present, witnessed it or even...
Consider this scenario: You and your spouse get into an argument one night. The argument escalates and the police are called. The police arrive and you are arrested. She obtains temporary restraining orders from a family law court without notice to you. You are forced...
