Family Abuse Cases Report

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Family Abuse Cases Report

• Family Abuse Cases - The data contained in the "Family Abuse Cases" page reflect the number of orders issued, of the specified type (see below), and do not reflect the total number of persons protected.
• Family Abuse Emergency Protective Orders (EPO) Issued - The majority of EPOs are issued by magistrates and the resulting paperwork is sent to the appropriate JDR or combined court for indexing. For purposes of JCMS, the file date for an EPO case heard by a magistrate is the date when the EPO is indexed in JCMS.
• Family Abuse Protective Order (PO) Petitions Filed - The data reflect the number of family abuse protective order petitions filed with the Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court in the selected timeframe.
• Family Abuse POS Issued - The data reflect the number of family abuse protective orders issued pursuant to Va. Code § 16.1-279.1 based on 1) the filing of an initial petition for a family abuse protective order; 2) the extension or modification of an existing family abuse protective order upon the filing of a motion to amend; 3) the issuance of a family abuse protective order upon conviction for violation of a protective order under Va. Code § 16.1-253.2; and § 16.1-253.4) the issuance of a family abuse protective order upon conviction in a criminal matter. Accordingly, the number of family abuse protective order petitions filed cannot be directly linked to the number of family abuse protective orders issued.