Do you have questions and concerns about domestic violence?
The Family Court has issued a restraining order under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act
When a father behaved violently towards his children on two occasions and when it emerged from all the investigations before the court that the father’s behavior was not an isolated incident but was part of a form of behavior that the father uses towards his children in daily life.
Domestic violence
Due to the decision given under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act in which the Honorable Justice Weizmann removed the father from the residence for a period of more than 30 days, the Honorable Justice Weizmann states as follows: It is impossible to prevent disputes between the father and his son and occasionally these reached physical push in some circumstances, however the event n question included an act and of taking the son’s electric guitar and smashing it on the floor of the room.
The impact on other women in a similar situation and the importance of not ignoring domestic violence
After the violent incident, the court analyzed the father’s behavior and concluded that shortly after the violent incident, the father used violence again when he corrupted a cake that his daughter baked after she did not want to speak with him. The court indicated that this is a very strict father and that the court has no intention to become a patron and “educator” of the father. At the same time the court states that when combining the exceptional events mentioned above with the father’s strict behavior towards his children such as: distributing unreasonable punishments to children when they do not do as he wants such as closing the water when they are showering after 11 o’clock at night or uprooting a room door when they make noise at night “We get a rotten stew that we can not continue to allow its cooking”.
The court refers the parties to the welfare services and even requests the recommendation of the welfare services regarding the possibility of extending the deportation order for a period of three months. He also asks the court for recommendations from the welfare services regarding the possibility of setting conditions regarding the return of the father to his home after the period of restraining order with receiving treatment or guidance.
Do you have concerns about domestic violence in a divorce proceedings?
Divorce proceedings can go smoothly, however there are numerous cases where both parties are tense with each other and therefore matters can get out of hand, violate red lines and even reach lies or even violence. When it comes to domestic violence during divorce, there can be several aspects to this, a variety of problematic situations can be found related to it.
A situation during married life
A situation in which the spouse who desires the divorce does indeed suffer a long period of some kind of violence, (physical, sexual, verbal), or one of the spouses’ children suffers from it. If this is the case, first of all, the law enforcement authorities must be updated and a restraining order should be obtained, and secondly, the lawyer who handles the procedure must be updated.
Domestic violence during the divorce proceedings A first situation is such when the relationship between the two parties is so severe that one party turns violent towards the other party, whether to oppress and even humiliate him/her or to in appropriately try to persuade him/her to back away from his demands in the divorce proceedings. In any situation of violence during the divorce proceedings, both the representing family lawyer and the law enforcement authorities should be immediately informed. Law enforcement agencies will turn to professionals to keep the violent side away and ensure security for the attacked party while the lawyer will already know how to advance the divorce proceedings, in order to prevent the recurrence of further cases. In any case, do not be silent and help should be obtained – and the sooner the better.
