Domestic violence georgia punishment. Georgia takes acts of domestic violence seriously and will punish crimes involving family violence more harshly than acts committed by people with no personal or domestic relationship. Fines and imprisonment periods for domestic violence crimes are higher or longer than the identical crime committed between strangers. 19 13 1 getting help.
Domestic violence is present in all cultures socio economic classes communities of faith etc. Factors such as prior offenses or history of domestic violence help determine the severity of the punishment. However these provisions and others in the code of administrative offences the law on education 1997 the law on the elimination of domestic violence 2006 and the constitution 1995 did not explicitly prohibit all corporal punishment.
Through the act there are increased penalties for abusers and greater protection for victims. 2010 georgia code title 19 domestic relations chapter 13 family violence article 1 granting of relief by superior courts 19 13 1 family violence defined. For example a simple assault or battery not involving family violence is punished as a misdemeanor.
The definition of domestic violence in georgia law is inclusive of family violence. Sentence may also include a family violence protective order restraining order. Probation jail time anger management classes community service and fines.
Punishment penalties of family violence criminal acts against family members are punished more severely than those same acts involving people who are not related in a domestic relationship andor considered family members under georgia law. Shall not be deemed to include reasonable discipline administered by a parent to a child in the form of corporal punishment restraint or detention. These programs provide safe housing and resources needed for agencies across the state to empower victims of domestic violence and guide them through the criminal justice process.
The criminal justice coordinating councils cjcc domestic violence unit dv funds programs that serve victims of domestic violence throughout the state. Charged with domestic violence georgia and hiring a domestic abuse attorney. Georgia became a pathfinder country with the global partnership to end violence against children in may 2018.
If you are being abused by your partner you can contact the national domestic abuse hotline at 1 800 799 7233. Georgias definition of family violence expressly excludes a parents reasonable discipline of a child that takes the form of corporal punishment restraint or detention.