Domestic violenceby Yves Jubinville

Domestic type cases are the ones including actual assaults, threats of injury or death and harassment type behavior in a domestic context. These types of offences are one of the most common in criminal court. They often arise in the context of a separation in the couple or a custody battle where custody of children are in issue in family court, making a difficult situation even more difficult.

If convicted of such offences, a criminal record will be created reflecting the offence, jail sentences can be imposed depending on the seriousness of the circumstances surrounding the offence, and most often a probation order will be imposed ordering you to report to a probation officer, undergo counselling for anger management or other as deemed necessary by the court, but also to abstain from having contact with the ex-spouse and possibly the children if they were involved in the altercation. This conviction could then be used against you in family court when comes time to determine the custody of your children.