A CONUNDRUM FOR FAMILY COURTS: WHAT TOOL FOR WHAT PROBLEMS? #2
...o accept petitions for “domestic squabbles”, conflicts that are urgent but fall short of domestic violence? They could address them swiftly with simple orders such as the possession of a home or a car or even temporary custody of a child, but with a guaranteed hearing date in the near future. Such a tool in the toolbox could avoid lots of real domestic violence later. When there is no order and the parties are panicking, or they are angry, or they...