According to a recent report, the parents who gave their three children Nazi monikers have had their children taken away from them by the Department of Youth and Family Services. There appears to be a significant dispute about the basis for having the minor children taken from their parents. These…
In a recent spousal support and attorney fees case out of California, a wife was ordered to pay spousal support to her estranged husband after he was convicted to domestic violence against her. The wife had financially supported her husband for years while he was both unemployed and abusive toward…
A man involved in a child custody dispute recently committted an act of domestic violence when he hit the mother and the grandmother with his car in Monteray, California. According to the article, the man and a family member were in a motor vehicle and trying to leave with the…
According to the Charlotte Observer, Rockingham County sheriff’s deputies reported on Wednesday that one of their residents is facing felony charges after shooting his wife with a wad of toilet paper stuffed into a gun. The 38-year-old man was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he shot his…
A woman in Kings Mountain, North Carolina is now facing domestic violence charges for allegedly threatening another Kings Mountain resident over Facebook. Breanna Shanae Nance, 19, sent threatening messages via Facebook to a “current or former household member” of hers. Nance was arrested last Friday on a misdemeanor domestic violence…
To follow up on our earlier article (Domestic Violence Protective Orders and DV Warning Signs), more information and helpful advice from law enforcement authorities has surfaced regarding the murder-suicide committed by Austen Minter in Dallas, North Carolina last week. Police, prosecutors, and judges involved in the prior domestic violence incidents…
As reported by Fox Charlotte, recently a tragic, and perhaps preventable, murder-suicide took place in Dallas, North Carolina. Austen Minter, a North Carolina resident with a history of domestic violence, engaged in a domestic argument with his pregnant girlfriend at her home before shooting her and their three children, and…
As reported by the Jacksonville Daily News (Judges Say Abuse List Challenge Not Good Enough), last week, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the state’s procedures in place for a person to challenge their addition to the “Responsible Individuals List” violates the state constitution by denying due…
A recent New York Times article discussed a modern trend emerging to protect victims of domestic violence: electronic monitoring of convicted domestic abusers and stalkers. Over a dozen states are now using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to keep tabs on those accused of domestic violence. North Carolina has yet…