Lawmakers may soon begin talks on a proposal to make coercive control punishable under the state’s domestic violence statute, ...

In C, born August 2022 (Children Act 1989), Deputy District Judge Nahal-Macdonald, sitting in the family court at Bromley, ...

Jane* was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively monitored their finances. Every week, he made her present a ledger of their income and expenses. If something was not to his liking ...

It’s often a long-term campaign of control and domination. Indiana’s current protection-order laws focus largely on physical harm, fear of injury, or threats. But when courts don’t recognize coercive ...

This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – A bill in the state house would amend South Carolina law to create a new criminal offense, known as “coercive control,” while also broadening who qualifies as a household ...

Control varies relationships from mild, codependent control, to abusive to coercive control. Learn to identify the ...