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 ...

The Genesee County Sheriff's Office says it's covering the service fees of personal protection orders for people unable to pay for them. Sheriff Chris Swanson in a video on social media Thursday said ...

At least six women have now come forward with claims to have taken out protection orders against a Garden Route artist ...

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 ...

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 ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – A Binghamton man will spend the next four years in New York State prison after violating an ...

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

Cassandra felt hopeless. “The police keep telling me to get a protection order, but it keeps getting denied because I haven’t had any physical abuse,” she explained. “But my ex keeps driving by, ...