Financial Intimate Partner Violence: When Assets and Transactions Become Weapons
Author: Jo Carrillo.
Source: Volume 09, Number 04, Spring 2017 , pp.67-76(10)
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Abstract:
Jo Carrillo addresses how abusers frequently use family financial assets and transactions to further harm and control their partners. Her primary focus here is on the response and methodology of various legal systems to financial IPV. She finds that typical legal remedies for intimate partner-violence do not adequately address financial IPV. In analyzing systems which successfully prevent and address financial IPV, the author examines some of the better laws and practices in California, recommending them as models for other states in addressing financial IPV.Keywords: Fault-Based Divorce; Protective Orders During a Divorce Proceeding; California Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA); Forfeiture Provisions
Affiliations:
1: Hastings College of Law.