The scourge of domestic violence is ever-present and growing in Franklin County. One only has to watch the evening news to understand the scope and severity of the problem. Nearly everyone in our ...

For Washingtonians trying to cut contact with their domestic abusers and stalkers, civil protection orders are often a necessary legal step. But the process of filing one can be tricky to navigate.

A visiting judge denied Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley’s request for a pair of emergency civil protection orders this week after Foley claimed a former employee and a local activist both ...

FARGO — North Dakota will close to the public civil protection order hearings for sexual assault and domestic violence cases next year, a move that advocates say will help protect the privacy of ...

A judge on Wednesday granted a permanent civil protection order against an Aspen man accused in the July assault and kidnapping of a local woman. Pitkin County Judge Ashley Andrews issued the order ...