Connecting the Dots: Why do we care about expungement?
ICADV’s Legal Team has been implementing a series of Expungement Clinics all over Indiana for the past year, as part of our Social Justice Legal Series, and you may be wondering why. Why [...]
Legally Brief: Indiana Supreme Court affirms criminal stalking can take place in a single episode
by Nupur Chandna, ICADV Attorney Volunteer In a recent case, a victim was followed in a vehicle for more than two hours as she attempted to evade her follower. The relentless pursuit ended only [...]
Heminger House shuts its doors
After more than a decade serving Marshall County, Heminger House has closed due to rising costs and financial strain. “We are seeing this trend in many non-profit shelters serving small towns [...]
Survivors share helpful & unhelpful responses to their experience with domestic violence
I just feel like there needs to be so much more education about it and there’s a lot of blame that people still put on the victim. ‘Well, if you didn’t like it, you should have left’ [...]
Finding help in a domestic violence situation
Finding help in a domestic violence situation. There is not a right or wrong way to feel when you have experienced domestic violence. Nor is there one set of services that work for every [...]
Indiana Courts introduce electronic protective order filing
Yesterday the Indiana Courts announced that a new Protection Order E-filing service is now available to individuals, advocates, and attorneys. The service is for adults and children who need [...]