General Information on Domestic Violence Crimes
any "minor or serious injury" can give rise to criminal charges under Penal Code (PC) Section 237.5. This “injury” could be a little as a reddening of the skin or a scratch. Basically, if you’ve made physical contact with a person with which you have a certain type of relationship, you open yourself up to Domestic Violence charges, which can be filed as either a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the circumstances. The type of relationships that are covered under PC 273.5 are those in which the victim is any of the following:
- The offender's spouse or former spouse,
- The offender's cohabitant or former cohabitant,
- The offender's fiance or fiancee, or someone with whom the offender has, or previously had, an engagement or dating relationship, or
- The mother or father of the offender's child.
What else you need to know
For the text of the Domestic Violence-related crimes, see here.
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Santa Rosa, CA 95404
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(F) 707.948.6097
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