Entries for February 2016

Our office is charged with the very difficult and emotional job of prosecuting Child Abuse and Neglect cases.   Our Assistant County Attorneys work closely with the police officers who investigate the abuse, the social workers who substantiate and monitor the situation, the children and their families, and the judges in the court system. ...

Kentucky law has long allowed a person who is the victim of “domestic violence” to seek a protective order.  This order can require the “abuser” to vacate a shared residence, to have no contact with the “victim”, to restrict the places the abuser can visit and place the offender on a global positioning devic...