Sometimes domestic violence claims are not what - Vashon-Maury
Island Beachcomber (WA) - June 11, 2013
June 11, 2013   Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber (WA)

Regarding your article on the DoVE project and all the great work that they do ("DoVE sees
growing demand for services," May 29), I feel compelled, with great discomfort, to air the
unsavory side of the issue of domestic violence when used as a highly destructive tool.
All too often, manufactured domestic violence claims can easily be made (often with the help of an
attorney who recognizes a cash cow when she sees one), an order of protection issued, and as the
result of a Washington State Supreme Court ruling, hearsay evidence adequate to prosecute.
Without any history or proof whatsoever, a family can be ruined by false allegations.
T he Domestic Violence Order for Protection is a blunt tool, used oftentimes as a device to ensure
that a simple divorce case is fraudulently weighted from the very start.
It is time for the injustices which face the victims of victims to be discussed openly.
— Will van Spronsen
CIT AT ION (AGLC ST YLE)
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