Suffering abuse from your spouse certainly leads you to take all steps possible not only to protect yourself but your children as well. You likely want to know how you can seek and obtain custody of your children because of the abuse inflicted upon you and your children by your spouse. State statutes governing child custody vary slightly. However, the laws pertaining to seeking child custody due to domestic abuse in the household generally are the same, no matter where you reside in the United States, according to "Child Custody A to Z" by...
It is important to recognize that mental domestic abuse does not only occur between spouses. It can happen between a parent and child, elder and caretaker, or any time a significant other or family member sees himself as superi...
Domestic abuse occurs when one partner in a relationship uses abusive behaviors to control the other partner, according to DomesticViolence.org. Abuse includes practices such as name calling, social isolation, financial isolati...
Domestic abuse--whether it is physical, sexual or emotional--destroys not only a relationship, but also trust and self esteem. Help is available for domestic abuse victims, allowing you to remove yourself from an unhealthy and ...
You notice marks and bruises on your friend. While she may write it off as clumsiness, you know better. Your friend is in a domestic abuse situation. Her husband or boyfriend is battering her, and the situation may be getting w...
