Charged with Domestic Violence?
If you are facing criminal charges relating to a domestic violence incident, you should immediately contact a domestic violence attorney to represent your interests.
Neither cohabitation nor a current romantic relationship is necessary for one individual to subject another to acts that will be considered domestic violence. Rather, domestic violence is characterized by a current, or former, intimate relationship between the parties. Factors the court may consider in determining whether a relationship is an "intimate relationship" include, but are not limited to: the nature or type of relationship, regardless of whether the relationship is sexual in nature; the frequency of interaction between the persons; and the duration of the relationship. Prosecutors are often reluctant to drop the charges in a DV case even if the alleged victim is requesting it because they're afraid the accused will harm the alleged victim again and they will be blamed. Scarily, sometimes prosecutors will even try to force the alleged victim to cooperate with them even after the alleged victim has made clear that they do not wish to cooperate with the prosecution of the case.
An individual charged with domestic violence may be involved in multiple proceedings such as criminal court, family court and often integrated domestic violence court proceedings. However, domestic violence cases often involve false allegations resulting from highly emotional situations. Divorce, a cheating partner and even an attempt to gain the advantage in a child custody proceeding can all lead to false allegations in a DV case.
If you are facing domestic violence charges stemming from an alleged assault , stalking , or sexual abuse charge, you should immediately contact Brooklyn domestic violence lawyer Michael J. Redenburg.