Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit
A protection order is one tool a survivor can use to enhance their safety. However, the differences between jurisdictions can lead to challenges and barriers to protection order enforcement for a survivor. It is critical that all disciplines work together to ensure seamless issuance, service, and enforcement of orders within and between jurisdictions.
Most of these resources are provided by our National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit, which provides technical assistance and support to professionals who issue, serve, and enforce protection orders. Contact or learn more about the National Center here.
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Firearm Checklist for Attorneys
This checklist provides information for attorneys facilitating a discussion with survivors about firearms. It also provides key information on the…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and Guides2023 Updated Matrices
Sealing or Expunging a Civil Protection Order This matrix compiles the statutory provisions from states and other U.S. jurisdictions for…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesFirearm Checklist for Judges – 18 USC 922 (g)(8)
This checklist for judges provides key information on the federal Gun Control Act provisions prohibiting the purchase, transport or possession…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and GuidesInterstate Child Custody Tool Series
The Interstate Child Custody Tool Series provides an overview of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and GuidesExtreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Toolkit
This Extreme Risk Protection Order Toolkit is for practitioners who work with survivors in civil protection order systems. The toolkit…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Policy Analysis, #Promising Practices, #Research and Statistics, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #survivors, #Tools and GuidesSafety Envelope: NCPOFFC
The National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit (NCPOFFC), a project of the Battered Women’s Justice Project…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and GuidesNCPOFFC Full Faith and Credit Matrix
Updated July 2022 This document is for informational purposes only. Nothing contained in this document is intended as legal advice…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and GuidesStates Allowing Juveniles Access to Protection Orders
Revised Matrices 2022
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesDefinition of Domestic Violence/Abuse for Civil Protection Orders
This matrix contains state statutes with the definition of domestic violence/abuse for obtaining a domestic violence civil protection order.
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesFirearms and Domestic Violence: State and Territorial Statutory Provisions
This matrix contains state and territorial firearm statutes as they relate to civil protection orders; criminal offenses, procedures, prohibited transferees;…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesProtection Order Violation Matrix 2020
This matrix contains protection order violation statutes from state and territorial jurisdictions.
TAGS: #Statute Guides and Matrices18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8)
Case Law Summaries
This matrix is a compilation of case law involving the federal firearm prohibitor 18 USC 922(g)(8) and protection orders. To…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesPredominant Aggressor Arrest Statutes
This matrix is a compilation of all state statutory provisions that direct law enforcement officers to determine the predominant/primary/principal aggressor…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesFull Faith and Credit Statutes with Definitions – 18 USC 2265-2266
This statute is the full faith and credit provision of the Violence Against Women Act, 18 USC 2265 and the…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesWorkplace Protection Order Statutes 2019
The following matrix provides information on state statutes concerning workplace harassment and violence protection orders. Such statutes currently exist in…
TAGS: #Promising Practices, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #WebinarState Database/Registry Matrix 2020
This matrix provides an overview of state and U.S. territories that have enacted laws that outline the entry of protection…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesNo Fees Matrix 2019
This matrix contains state statutes prohibiting the charging of fees to petitioners for filing, issuance, service of process, enforcement and…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesMutual Protection Order Matrix 2017
This matrix contains state and territorial statutes that address the issuance and enforcement of mutual protection orders.
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