Domestic Violence

Criminal charges or allegations of any sort can upend your life. But they can be especially damaging when they concern people in your own home. Domestic violence accusations and charges regularly lead to protective orders and often spur divorce and child custody...

Protective orders, often called restraining orders, exist to protect victims of domestic violence. Unfortunately, anymore, people do not always seek protective orders for the right reasons. This results in some South Dakota residents having protective orders put into...