Courts, when confronted with petitions for orders of protection from both parties in a relationship, often issue each party a temporary order of protection, both orders mirroring the other, known as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Patricia writes about family law and tips for female lawyers. When a crime has been committed and the case goes to a Criminal ...

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, ...

A Minneapolis mother’s call to 911 reporting that one of her infant twins was gasping for air sent police to the home, where they found her children on separate visits one night had ingested fentanyl ...

[In state’s child protection statute and/or where “abuse and neglect” and/or “best interests of the child” are defined, add] A parent has the fundamental right to direct the care and upbringing of the ...

A social worker who derailed a local authority’s application for an emergency protection order in court has been suspended from the social work register for 12 months. The decision follows the social ...

WARNING: This story contains distressing content. A 15-year-old Aboriginal boy, subject to a child protection order, died by suicide in a Queensland residential care home last weekend. His body was ...