Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Abuse includes physical, sexual, emotional, economic, and psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. Domestic violence may result in emotional trauma and physical injury and may include the abuse of children and other family members, as well as intimate partners.
To assist our agency in assessing the urgency of your case, please state the nature of the violence that happened to you and/or your children. Give the month, day, and year of each incident and explain what the adverse party did. Please note if there are police reports and give the case numbers, if so. Please include ALL the incidents of violence you experienced, including those that are not very recent and those that did not involve the police. If you do not remember the dates of violence, please write “N/A” in the appropriate space(s). If the violence you experienced occurred over a long time or constantly during your relationship and you cannot recall a specific incident, please record the long term mistreatment and give the frequency with which it happened.