Domestic Violence Advocate Law and Legal Definition
Domestic violence advocate is a person who works for an organization that provides help to domestic violence victims. S/he must have received specialized training in counseling domestic violence victims.
A domestic violence advocate’s legal advocacy services for victims of abuse are:
a. to notify victims of, and going with them to, court hearings;
b. to educate victims about the court system and domestic violence;
c. to help victims to fill out applications for restraining orders; and
d. to helping victims to communicate with prosecutors, probation officers, and court personnel and Safety planning.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Advocate
- Advocate-Witness Rule
- Alternate Payee to Qualified Domestic Relations Order
- Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- Child Witnesses to Domestic Violence
- Children and Youth Exposed to Violence Grant Program [Department of Justice]
- Crime of Violence
- Dating Violence
- Domestic Abuse