Domestic Violence Manual for Judges (Released 2016)

Chapter 1 Scope and Purpose of the Domestic Violence Manual for Judges  (Revised 2023)
Chapter 2 Domestic Violence - The What, Why, and Who, as Relevant to Criminal and Civil Court Domestic Violence Cases
Chapter 3 The Legislative Response to Domestic Violence (Revised 2022)
Chapter 4 Criminal Pre-Trial Issues
 
Chapter 5 Criminal Trial Issues
 
Chapter 6 Evidentiary Issues
Chapter 7 Criminal Case Dispositions
Chapter 8 Civil Protection Orders  (Revised 2023)
 
Chapter 9 Domestic Violence Database (Revised 2023)
 
Chapter 10 Parenting Plans
Chapter 11 Child Abuse and Neglect Cases where Domestic Violence is a Factor
 
Chapter 12 Dissolution of Marriage
Chapter 13 Domestic Violence and Tribal Courts (Revised 2022)
 


Appendices


Appendix A Domestic Violence Evaluations & Assessments
Appendix B Court Mandated Treatment for Domestic Violence Perpetrators
Appendix C Federal Domestic Violence Laws
Appendix D Domestic Violence in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community
Appendix E Title 26 Family Law Guardian Ad Litem Guidebook
Appendix F Domestic Violence - the Overlap between State Law and Immigration Law
Appendix G The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction - A Child’s Return and the Presence of Domestic Violence
Appendix H Abusive Litigation and Domestic Violence Survivors
Appendix I Domestic Violence Manual for Judges - History and Authorship   (Revised 2023)
Appendix J Resource Materials on Domestic Violence
Appendix K Washington Address Confidentiality Program Bench Card