This past legislative session, Minnesota enacted a new statute, Minn. Stat. § 609.2334, creating an order-for-protection (OFP) mechanism specifically targeting the financial exploitation of vulnerable ...

Three Michigan legislators on Wednesday introduced bipartisan legislation to make it so a personal protection order will be immediately served by law enforcement at no cost to the victim. Michigan law ...

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 ...

New Hampshire lawmakers propose overhaul of domestic violence laws, potentially eliminating civil protective orders and ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the roll call vote. A bill to serve personal protection orders for free for victims once they've been granted is one step closer to becoming law ...

Domestic violence has no business hours. And those who fall victim to battery, abuse and stalking often need access to justice after the courthouse has closed for the day or week. But a new initiative ...

There are no records of similar orders to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Houlton Sector in the past 15 years.