With a new legislative session underway, once again there are efforts to require Wisconsin family courts to order equal physical placement in every – or virtually every – case.

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An interesting article recently appeared in the Wisconsin Lawyer concerning domestic abuse and child custody: Meuer, Gibart & Roach, “Domestic Abuse: Little Impact on Child Custody and Placement”, Wisconsin Lawyer, Vol. 91, No. 11 (December, 2018).

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Madison police say a man with a history of domestic abuse shot and killed a woman he had been seeing before killing himself over the weekend.

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A Wisconsin district attorney's office is using a $100,000 federal grant under the Victims of Crime Act to provide protection to those who've suffered domestic abuse.

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Gov. Scott Walker is signing bills designed to help crime victims.

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A bill passed Thursday by the state Assembly would give Wisconsin courts jurisdiction over restraining orders or injunctions in cases of domestic, child and adult abuse, regardless of whether the alleged instances occurred in state or elsewhere.

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Domestic abuse shelters, often tucked away in the protective privacy of an obscure neighborhood, have begun moving out of the shadows with more public profiles aimed at generating more community support and better access for victims.

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The Wisconsin Department of Justice has awarded 11 grants worth nearly $561,000 to help victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Chicago attorney for three domestic abuse-related convictions, rejecting a referee’s decision to simply issue a public reprimand.

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A bipartisan bill expected to get a speedy hearing at the state Capitol would better verify whether domestic and child abusers covered by restraining orders have guns in their possession.

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Two bills aimed at strengthening the state's domestic abuse laws received approval Thursday from legislative committees, including one that would require officers responding to domestic violence calls to explain themselves if they failed to make an arrest.

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A legislative committee has unanimously approved a bill giving Wisconsin judges more power to keep domestic abuse suspects in check.

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When Lisa Penterman was coping with the dark days following a sexual assault, she found support and comfort in a trained therapist who took some of the rough edges off the ensuing trip through the criminal justice system, including her attacker's trial.

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State money will go toward two domestic abuse resources in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday.

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GREEN BAY (AP) — A settlement has been reached in lawsuit against a former Calumet County district attorney accused of sending racy text messages to a domestic abuse victim, federal court records show. Stephanie Van Groll accused former prosecutor Ken ...

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Gov. Scott Walker wants to spend $6 million on expanding DNA collection efforts to include anyone arrested on a felony charge and anyone convicted of a crime, a move the Republican has argued will help police solve more crimes.

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Less than two weeks after Polk County Judge Jeffrey Anderson declined a district attorney’s request to set higher bail and bring in a man charged with felony bail jumping and violent offenses, that man allegedly murdered his fiancée.

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A Marshfield man is due in court next week on charges that he doused a pregnant woman in gasoline and threatened to set her on fire.

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A legislative proposal extending court jurisdiction for certain restraining orders or injunctions in cases of domestic abuse, child abuse or harassment could lead to an increase in false accusations, said Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend.

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If there was ever someone entitled to be shielded by a 50-year protection order, it might be Vanessa Rew.

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Wisconsin legislators are seeking stiffer penalties for repeat domestic abusers.

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Green Bay Packers linebacker Erik Walden has been charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct-domestic abuse following a fight with his girlfriend.

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