DV101
These centers, located in each borough, are managed by the Mayor's Office to End Gender Based Violence and staffed by community based organizations and agencies.
What are the Family Justice Centers (FJC)?
This landmark case challenged the pattern and practice of removing children from survivors of domestic violence for "failure to protect".
What is Nicholson?
Q: “Just to reiterate, can you tell the court one more time why you called your wife on January 1st?”
What is "Asked and Answered”?
We know it's a pain...but DVLU requires that you document time spent on cases in this system.
What is Legal Server?
Family Court is a court of limited jurisdiction while, in NY, Supreme Court has this type of jurisdiction.
What is original jurisdiction?
These programs purport to hold those who cause harm accountable and, hopefully, result in future behavior change.
What are APIP or BIP Programs?
ALISON D and DEBRAH H were overturned by this landmark 2016 Court of Appeals case.
What is Brooke S.B. v Elizabeth A.C.C.?
Q: “Mr. Miller, your wife testified that she left the home as a result of domestic violence - why do you think she really left?”
What is "Calls for Speculation”?
DVLU's Domestic Violence Litigation Clinic is a partnership between DVLU and this NYC Law School.
What is St. John's University?
The Family Court can issue Orders of Protection for up to 5 years if this is alleged and proven.
What is aggravating circumstances?
This alliterative phrase is used to describe a pattern of behavior designed to strip someone of their autonomy and ability to make decisions - it needn't involve physical harm.
What is Coercive Control?
This Court of Appeals case established the "best interests of the child" as the primary consideration in custody cases and emphasized the importance of considering the specific facts of each case...want a hint? You may have argued before the subject child.
What is Friederwitzer v. Friederwitzer?
Q: "Ms. Jackson, can you tell us what the police told you that night?”
What is “Hearsay"?
These two prior Directors of DVLU (formerly the Matrimonial and Family Law Unit) still work at NYLAG.
Who are Lisa Rivera and Antoinette Delruelle?
He was the Senate sponsor for the Violence Against Women Act which was ultimately signed into law on September 13, 1994 by President Clinton.
Who is President (then Senator) Biden?
When the police are confronted with cross allegations of domestic violence, they are supposed to conduct one of these before making an arrest.
What is a Primary Aggressor Assesment?
Want to relocate to California with the kids?... you better review this case to review the factors the court will consider.
What is Matter of Tropea v. Tropea?
Q: "Ms. Smythe, isn't it a fact that on Tuesday you went to work, then the gym, and then to my client's house?"
What is "Compound Question"?
Since 1997, this project (co-founded by NYLAG) trains and mentors law students to assist and advocate for survivors seeking Orders of Protection in Family Court.
What is the Courtroom Advocates Project (CAP)?
You can ask questions to examine the competency of evidence being offered in this type of questioning.
What is Voir Dire?
This debunked and scientifically unsound theory is often used to counter allegations of domestic violence and child abuse.
What is Parental Alienation Syndrome?
Dividing a pension? This case famously set forth the principle (now formula) that the portion of a pension earned during a marriage is subject to equitable distribution whether vested or not.
What is Majauskas v.Majauskas?
Q: "Now, I know you testified you weren't there that day, but can you tell me from your perspective what happened?”
What is "lack of personal knowledge"?
DVLU's IWIN Project is a partnership between DVLU and these three community based organizations.
What is Arab American, Garden of Hope, and VIP?
When you intentionally break someone's phone to prevent them from calling the 911, you have committed this family offense.
What is "Criminal Mischief"?