State senator Stephen Goldfinch says South Carolina Bill 702 will not pass the current legislative calendar.
Hawaii has criminalized the concept while other states have incorporated it into family or civil court definitions of ...
It appears any attempt to add penalties for behavior deemed criminla coercive control have ...
WORCESTER — It can start with a critical comment about someone’s attire or their choice of friends, intense questions about work or social plans, behaviors that may be appear innocent but can escalate ...
Mica Miller could have been helped by "coercive control" legislation stalled in the South Carolina legislature, says the attorney for her grieving family. Miller killed herself after being abused by ...
When Colleen DeLeo of Worcester learned Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill that defined coercive control as a form of domestic abuse, she said she broke down in tears. DeLeo, 41, told MassLive she is a ...
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 ...
About a month ago, I blogged about the first reported Appellate Division decision since the Domestic Violence statute was amended, to include consideration of coercive control when considering the ...
Celebrating Bill H.4744's passage, which classifies coercive control and digital exploitation as domestic violence, enhancing survivor protections statewide ...
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