New Victorian Liberal Party leader Jess Wilson has targeted domestic violence in her first policy announcement as opposition leader, promising to criminalise coercive control. Coercive control is a ...

Laws criminalizing coercive control came into force in New South Wales (NSW), Australia on Monday. Section 54D of the NSW’s Crimes Act 1900 criminalizes coercive conduct and abusive behavior against ...

Since the Equitable Distribution Law, New York Domestic Relations Law (DRL) §236B became effective on July 19, 1980, the divorce and family law bar has seen the development and expansion of the ...

The Saskatchewan government plans to introduce The Cyberstalking and Coercive Control Act, which will amend the definition of interpersonal violence to include coercive or controlling behaviour and ...

As of June 2024, Bill C-332 is at its second reading in Canada's Senate, following its third reading in the House of Commons. Introduced by NDP MP Laurel Collins, Bill C-332 is an amendment to the ...

It is long-standing law in Massachusetts that the best interests of a child govern custody disputes. Said another way, when parents cannot agree and the court has to make custody and parenting time ...

Landmark inquiry has urged the Victorian government to review options for new laws to criminalise group-based coercion.

Q: New Hampshire recently changed the law surrounding domestic violence restraining orders. What does this change mean for ...