The use of technology such as air tags, listening devices, hidden recorders, gps devices can be considered domestic violence
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Flying a Drone Over Your Spouse’s Home and Remotely Locking her Computer Found to be Domestic Violence
Flying a drone over a spouse’s home and remotely accessing and locking her out of her computer was found to be harassment warranting a domestic violence Final Restraining Order.
Making False Allegations To The Police Found To Be Harassment and Coercive Control Warranting a Final Restraining Order
False reports to the police alleging a violation of a final restraining order considered harassment and coercive control warranting a FRO.
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Cyber Harassment Gives Rise to FRO In Case That Emphasizes Importance of ‘Four Corners”
In the unpublished (non-precedential) decision of K.E.M. v. S.R.A., the Appellate Division used the trial court’s findings to reinstate a Final Restraining Order (“FRO”) based on the predicate act
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Vindictive Report to DCPP Can Constitute Harassment Under the Domestic Violence Statute
It should come as no surprise that after the end of a relationship, people sometimes do bad things to the former love of their life. Really, it’s a tale as
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In January 2020, the Appellate Division considered an important question: how should a judge assess a party’s request to appear at a trial and present testimony by way of video
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Tracking Your Spouse Can Result in a Final Restraining Order Even When You Ask Your Dad for Help
In the recent unpublished decision of L.G. v. T.G.. the Appellate Division addresses an issue that we are dealing with more and more – tracking one’s spouse through a
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Read This Before You Press “Record”
Technology is making it easier and easier to satisfy our curiosity about just what the heck the people in our lives are up to. Are you curious about your husband’s
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The Supremes Clarify the Legal Definition of Harassment When It Comes to “Purely Expressive Activity”
The word “harassment” is one of those terms I hear all the time as a family law attorney. I have had complaints from clients that their spouse made a mess
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Proper Admission of Cell Phone Evidence: Judge Jones Weighs In
Accordingly to a Pew Internet Project research study, as of 2014:
- 90% of American adults own a cell phone
- 32% of American adults own an e-reader
- 42% of American adults
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