| If 911 receives a phone call regarding assault in the | | | | that visitation rights will not be granted for a child. |
| home, officers will be immediately dispatched to | | | | There are many reasons for people to lie about |
| protect the individuals. Bruises, scars, and broken | | | | domestic violence charges. If they are successful at |
| bones are all signs that assault may have occurred. | | | | getting their partner falsely accused, it may satisfy a |
| Even just based on a phone call, these officers tend | | | | grudge. An individual could also be able to obtain a |
| to assume that the battery has occurred by | | | | larger portion of financial assets in a divorce |
| whomever the victim names. However, it may | | | | settlement. Child custody is an important factor in a |
| happen that these phone calls misrepresent the | | | | divorce settlement. A parent who may want full |
| actual situation. | | | | custody might make up these accusations. |
| Those who have been charged with domestic | | | | Resentment toward the partner could lean to these |
| violence are likely to end up getting divorced. During | | | | vicious lies. Even a mental illness can result in reporting |
| the process of a divorce, domestic violence charges | | | | false cases. |
| will be a tough accusation to overcome. Therefore, if | | | | It is important to remember that individuals accused |
| an individual is falsely accused, they will continue to | | | | of the battery of a partner or child are innocent until |
| experience hardships when their divorce settlement is | | | | proven guilty. Hiring a good defense attorney to help |
| unfairly decided. The result of conviction for battery | | | | fight against the charges is a good idea in the |
| or assault may mean thousands of dollars of alimony | | | | process of proving innocence. |
| payments. It could even be decided by the courts | | | | |