How to help ...Protection Orders

October is National DomesticViolence Awareness Month

RantWoman sometimes jokes that her life is sort of a Yucky Topics Festival. Protection orders are one of the Yucky Topics Festival topics that RantWoman has come to know something about.

This looks like a really helpful training about nuts and bolts, pros and cons. RantWoman recommends that if the situation is serious enough to be thinking about protection orders, readers also be in touch with an agency that specifically is informed about domestic violence and sexual assault.

RantWoman recognizes that people with such problems also come walking through the doors of various service providers, libraries, community technology centers, faith communities, and a host of other locations every day. Readers from such locations might need to call in reinforcements / lookfor outside resources. One but definitely not the only place to start: the WA Coalition Against Domestic Violence, www.wscadv.org

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Civil Protection Orders: Helping Survivors of DV and SA to Have Positive Outcomes Thursday, October 9th, 2014 8:30am-12pm Please join KCCADV to learn about practical ways to help survivors have good outcomes in their petitions for domestic violence and sexual assault protection orders. You don’t have to be a legal advocate to help survivors understand the basics and make decisions about these important options. All DV and SA advocates can benefit from this training. Topics include: The context: legal definitions, and pros and cons of getting an order. Eligibility: determining whether a survivor is eligible for a protective order, and if so which type of order would be appropriate. Helping survivors to draft effective and relevant petitions. Information to prepare survivors for hearings, including understanding and preparing for respondent tactics in court. Potential impacts of DV & SA protection orders on family law cases. Instructors are: Megan Allen, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center Kris Amblad, Northwest Justice Project Sandra Shanahan, King County Protection Order Advocacy Program Natasha Willson, Lifewire Location 2100 Building Community Rooms A&B 2100 24th Avenue S. Seattle, 98144 Register Now Space is limited. For More Information contact Alyssa Morrison at alyssa@kccadv.org or call 206-568-5454 Interpretation available upon request. This facility is wheelchair accessible

Tel: (206) 568-5454 Fax: (206) 568-5462

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