PLYMOUTH — For her dedication to assisting victims of domestic violence, a member of a local nonprofit organization that provides crisis intervention services was honored by Montgomery County’s top ...

The Pennsylvania court system recently launched a campaign to raise awareness of a little-used legal tool for victims of sexual assaults. A sexual violence protection order (SVPO) allows victims to ...

Legislation sponsored by Sen. Lisa Baker that was signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro on June 30, is a meaningful step forward in ensuring victims of abuse receive the full measure of protection the ...

Protection from abuse orders, or PFAs, are civil court orders that represent one form of protection available to victims of domestic abuse. To be eligible, the victim must be in an intimate or ...

Millcreek Township police are hunting for a Michigan man accused of violating custody and protection-from-abuse orders by taking his 7-year-old daughter from the mother's Millcreek home Aug. 3.

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A city man is behind bars for allegedly assaulting a woman after demanding she withdraw an active protection from abuse order against him. Altoona police were dispatched to an apartment along the 1200 ...