The time for lifting restraining orders would be extended to 25 years in California if a new bill passes in the Golden State ...

For Washingtonians trying to cut contact with their domestic abusers and stalkers, civil protection orders are often a necessary legal step. But the process of filing one can be tricky to navigate.

A Tacoma woman and her ex-boyfriend who died in a homicide-suicide earlier this month sought protection orders against each other for domestic violence, court records show. Diana Pham, 39, died from a ...

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A new bill in the Louisiana Legislature aims to make it easier for victims of domestic violence to seek protection, a change ...

The Washington Hope Card program, initially launched Jan. 1, has now sent out 2,000 wallet-sized copies of protection orders for vulnerable adults and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced the system that helps victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse track ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has relaunched a statewide system that gives crime survivors status updates on their ...

The Connecticut Supreme Court has just redrawn the line that separates your right to own a gun from the court’s power to take it away when a protective order is in place. Instead of treating firearm ...