Protections for Immigrant Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivors In Family Courts – Resources, Questions and Answers

Slideshow

PowerPoint Presentation

Join a Community of Practice!

Roundtable for Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and System-based Advocates

Victim Advocates COP

Family Law Attorneys COP 

National Judicial Network: Forum on Human Trafficking and Immigrants in State Courts (Judicial Officials only)

Podcast Series

Pathways, NIWAP Podcast

Directory of Service Providers

Directory of Programs With Experience Serving Immigrant Victims

Protection Order Strategies

Seeking Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims (57-68)(Fall 2016) in Family Court Proceedings in Winning Custody Cases for Immigrant Survivors: The Clash of Laws, Cultures, Custody and Parental Rights

Battered Immigrants and Civil Protection Orders (July 1, 2013)

Creative Methods in Protecting Battered Immigrants (June 20, 2014)

Ensuring Access to Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims of Family Violence (July 1, 2014)

Jurisdictionally Sound Protection Orders (July 3, 2013)

Unintended Consequences: How Civil Protection Orders Affect Immigrants, Delaware Lawyer’s Magazine (Fall 2018)

Protection Order Tools

Immigrants and Protection Orders Bench Card (March 29, 2019) 

When Children and Litigants are Victims of Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, or Sexual Assault (NCJFCJ, In-Session -Fall 2023)  

NCJFCJ’s Break From the Bench: What a judge needs to know about…Responding to Immigrant Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence (April 27, 2021) 

Obtaining U Visa Certification from Judges in Protection Order, Family, Criminal, and Other State Court Proceedings (February 20, 2014)

Protection Order Collected Resources and Immigrant Victim Research

 Civil Protection Orders Webinar Materials List (February 24, 2024) 

Immigrant Victims of Interpersonal Violence and Protection Orders (2020)

Use and Outcomes of Protection Orders by Battered Immigrant Women (2006) 

Custody Strategies

Obtaining Custody of Children for Battered Immigrants (85-116)(Winter 2017) in Winning Custody Cases for Immigrant Survivors: The Clash of Laws, Cultures, Custody and Parental Rights

Chapter 06.1: Countering Abuser’s Attempts to Raise Victim’s Immigration Status in Custody Cases (July 1, 2013)

Chapter 06.3: The Implications of the Hague International Child Abduction Convention: Cases and Practice (July 1, 2013)

Border Crossings: Understanding the Civil, Criminal, and Immigration Implications for Battered Immigrants Fleeing Across State Lines with Their Children

Custody Tools

Family Court Bench Card on Issues that Arise in Custody Cases Involving Immigrant Parents, Children, and Crime Victims (October 13, 2013, Updated November 30, 2021)

Families and Children Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence – Revised Chapter Four – NCJFCJ (January 2023)

Best Interests of the Child Laws – State-by-State Comparison Maps and Charts (Updated July 7, 2021)

Chapter VII – Service of Process in SIJS (December 29, 2017)

Family Law Service of Process and Jurisdiction Requirements Charts (March 2, 2021) 

Custody Collected Resources

Child Custody and Immigration Related Abuse: Myths and Best Practices – Webinar

Representing Immigrant and LEP Litigants in Custody Cases – Advanced Custody 

Affidavits of Support

https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/affidavits-of-support-bench-card/

Divorce and Economic Relief Strategies

Immigration Concerns for Family Law Practitioners

Providing Economic Relief for Immigrant Victims: Child Support and Spousal Support (117-135)(Winter 2017)  in Family Court Proceedings in Winning Custody Cases for Immigrant Survivors: The Clash of Laws, Cultures, Custody and Parental Rights 

Chapter 06.4: Ensuring Economic Relief for Immigrant Victims Through Family Law Proceedings: Child Support and Spousal Support (July 1, 2013)

Bench Card: Impact of Divorce on Immigration Status (December 28, 2021)

Bench Card for State Court Judges on Common Issues that Arise From Parties’ Immigration Status: Economic Remedies (March 10, 2022)

Affidavits of Support and Enforceability Bench Card (September 30, 2021)

‘Til Death Do Us Part: Affidavits of Support and Obligations to Immigrant Spouses (October 2012) 

Public Benefits

All State Public Benefits Charts

Access to State-Funded Public Benefits in New York for Survivors 

New York Public Benefits Screening Chart for Immigrant Survivors and Refugees by Forms of Immigration Relief