DV Penalties – Things You Must Know

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DV Penalties Things You Must Know
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• Domestic violence is a violent act a person
  commits in a relationship which we often consider
  as a domestic relationship. In such a situation,
  federal law protects a victim from assault, such
  as a spouse, a relative, or sexual partner.

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Threats as Well as Physical Violence which is a
Prohibited Acts

• Some states have penalties not only against
  physical violence but also threats of violence.
  In most places, a law not only against the
  physical injury but also consider even where no
  injury follows. Furthermore, defendants possibly
  imprisoned under such circumstances even when
  they act without having the intention to cause
  such fear. These also include instances where a
  person threats a victim to harm a third person,
  for example, the victims child.

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Domestic Violence Where the Child is a witness

• In some states, an individual may be charged with
  an additional offense apart from an underlying
  violent act. In such a situation possible a child
  witnesses the commission of the act. In fact, in
  some situation, a defendant is guilty of child
  abuse and this is when a child is present during
  the defendants cause of serious bodily injury
  against a person with whom the defendant was
  involved in the situation.

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Assaults in Domestic Settings

• In some places, authorities have created separate
  laws that particularly levied to acts of violence
  committed against a person involved in domestic
  relationships. Whereas, in other states,
  authorities consider domestic violence as an
  intolerable factor that obviously increased
  penalties for defendants to break the underlying
  violent act. To know more about this, you must
  approach the experienced domestic violence
  attorney who deals with such cases.

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Immigration Consequences

• Most people may not know that if you are involved
  or committed a domestic violence offense, it may
  affect your immigration status as well. According
  to Federal law if an individual is not a United
  States citizen and convicted of a domestic
  violence offense will get deported. In fact, that
  individual who is alien and violated a domestic
  violence protective order will also get deported.

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• So, these are the few things that you must know
  about DV penalties and law if you are a citizen
  of the United States. Also, if you still have any
  query regarding DV penalties, protection, and
  punishment, feel free to write below in the
  comment box. We would like to answer your query.

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