Lawyers Manual - Unified Court System
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iv Summary of Contents 13. Taking Stalking Seriously by Hilary Sunghee Seo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 14. Prosecuting A Domestic Violence Case: Looking Beyond Victims’ Testimony by Elizabeth Cronin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Part V: Economics and Collateral Issues 15. Representing Victims of Domestic Violence in Supreme Court Matrimonial Actions by Emily Ruben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 16. Representing Domestic Violence Victims in the Workplace by Wendy R. Weiser and Deborah A. Widiss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 17. Public Assistance and Housing: Helping Survivors Navigate Difficult Systems by Amy E. Schwartz and Sharon Stapel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 18. Domestic Violence and Tort Remedies by Betty Levinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Part VI: Emerging Communities 19. Representing Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence by Lori L. Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 20. Helping Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Access Federal and State Public Benefits by Barbara Weiner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 21. From Sex Trafficking to FGM: Emerging Issues Confronting Advocates for Immigrant Battered Women by Dorchen A. Leidholdt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 22. Advocating for Youth in Domestic Violence Proceedings by Stephanie Nilva and Kristine Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 23. Domestic Violence in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities by Sharon Stapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Appendices: Power and Control Wheel Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Table of Contents Summary of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Part I: Introductory Matters 1. The Evolution of the Justice System’s Response to Domestic Violence in New York State by Julie A. Domonkos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Challenges Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. Interviewing Battered Women by Dorchen A. Leidholdt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Meeting Your Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Preparing for the First Interview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The First Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Obtaining the History of Domestic Violence and Gathering Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Knowing the Worst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Problems in the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Some Don’ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 A Successful Attorney-Client Relationship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3. Thinking About Danger and Safety by Jill Laurie Goodman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Assessing Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Moving Towards Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Table of Contents<br />
Summary of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii<br />
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v<br />
Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii<br />
Part I: Introductory Matters<br />
1. The Evolution of the Justice <strong>System</strong>’s Response to<br />
Domestic Violence in New York State<br />
by Julie A. Domonkos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
The Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
Challenges Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
2. Interviewing Battered Women<br />
by Dorchen A. Leidholdt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />
Meeting Your Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />
Preparing for the First Interview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
The First Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
Obtaining the History of Domestic Violence<br />
and Gathering Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
Knowing the Worst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Problems in the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
Some Don’ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
A Successful Attorney-Client Relationship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
3. Thinking About Danger and Safety<br />
by Jill Laurie Goodman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
Assessing Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
Moving Towards Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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