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CONJUGAL VIOLENCE VICTIM [2 records]

Record 1 2025-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
Key term(s)
  • spousal-violence victim
  • spousal violence victim
  • conjugal-violence victim
  • conjugal violence victim
  • domestic-violence victim
  • domestic violence victim

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
CONT

Garde et droits de visite. Les hommes qui font subir des sévices physiques à leur partenaire sont deux fois plus susceptibles de chercher à obtenir la garde exclusive que les autres. Une demande de garde peut constituer un outil très efficace pour établir de nouveau le contrôle sur une conjointe victime de violence dont la grande crainte est de perdre ses enfants.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

[She] alleges having been a victim of conjugal violence at the hands of her former spouse. She claims that her husband started to develop a drinking problem shortly after their son was born in 1999, and became abusive and violent to a point that she decided to leave him and move back in with her parents when she was pregnant with her second child.

Key term(s)
  • spousal-violence victim
  • conjugal-violence victim
  • domestic-violence victim

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

victime de violence conjugale : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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