Category: Domestic Violence

May 16, 2025
Brownstein Law Group

How Changes to California’s Laws on Domestic Violence and Restraining Orders Could Impact Your Case

Domestic violence is a serious crime that carries serious consequences. New California laws on domestic violence raise the already high stakes by offering new definitions and extending deadlines. California has also revamped its laws on restraining orders. Though restraining orders generally happen in civil court, there is a direct relationship […]

Mar 7, 2022
Brownstein Law Group
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Falsely Accused of Domestic Violence

Charges for domestic violence are handled more aggressively and often have more severe penalties than the same acts perpetrated against people you don’t have some sort of intimate or household relationship with. Those close relationships are precisely what make acts of violence more egregious in the eyes of the law. […]