Category: Safety and well-being
Self-represented litigant info on protection orders and child custody (Hennepin)
Most litigants in family court, in Hennepin County as in the rest of the country, do not have lawyers and instead represent themselves. The team identified litigants’ lack... Read More
Pilot court for child-related relief in protection orders (Hennepin)
One challenge for Hennepin County was an inconsistency in the inclusion of child-related relief in orders for protection. After gathering information about the issue, the team developed a... Read More
Training judges and others on domestic violence and child custody (Delaware)
Challenges identified by Delaware included the failure to identify domestic violence unless a protection order or criminal case was mentioned in the court file, as well as confusion... Read More
Comprehensive baseline data (Delaware)
The Delaware team decided to gather as much information as possible about the court’s current operations, to determine where changes were most needed and how best to improve... Read More
Judicial survey on parenting time in protection orders (Cook)
Cook County differs from the other FCEP sites in that the court participating in the project is not a family court but a domestic violence court, so its... Read More
Data collection on relief sought and granted in protection orders (Cook)
One challenge identified by the team was a gap in the data available about what relief was requested and provided in protection orders, including child-related relief. To fill... Read More
Help desk screening/triage process
To improve the availability of child-related relief in protection orders, identification of cases where the parties share children is necessary. By using its already existing help desk, the... Read More
Court access for Native Americans (Hennepin)
Native Americans experience domestic violence at higher rates than any other group in the United States, yet the Hennepin County team found that very few accessed the relief... Read More
Procedural fairness: Court user feedback and responses (Multnomah)
Early data indicated that litigants with cases involving domestic violence did not feel respected or understood and did not believe they were treated fairly in many instances. A... Read More- 2 of 3
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