Joe Bidens Dirty Little Secret About His VAWA

False claims hurt true victims of violence.
Under the Violence Against Women Act, false allegations have reached epidemic levels:

The VAWA allows only for the petitioner to say the word “scared” and a restraining order will be issued without due process or the person the allegations being made on even being present or made known of the court proceeding. This effectivley can take a father out of his home and away from his kids. Restraining orders generally last for one year and generally take one year to fight. Men who have committed no crime or even charged with any crimes are being denied a relationship with their kids. VAWA restraining orders have become the atomic bomb for trial lawyers in custody, divorce and visitation cases.

• According to the RADAR Report, “Without Restraint: The Use and Abuse of Domestic Restraining Orders,” at least one million restraining orders are issued each year in which no violence is even alleged.
• A recent analysis found 81% of temporary restraining orders in West Virginia are false or unnecessary.
• In San Diego, prosecuting attorney Casey Gwinn admits, “I would say it’s in the thousands of people who take the witness stand and somewhat modify the truth.”

RADAR recently released a White Paper that analyzes the problem of false allegations: http://www.mediarad ar.org/docs/ RADARwhitepaper- False-Allegation s.pdf. The White Paper presents 10 needed changes to federal and state domestic violence laws to correct this insidious problem:

1. The definition of domestic violence should be consistent with statutory definitions of physical assault.
2. Harassment and stalking should be objectively defined in terms of specific acts by the alleged offender, not the perceptions or feelings of the alleged victim.
3. Partner abuse that does not fall within the above-described definition of domestic violence, harassment, or stalking should be addressed by counseling, treatment, and mediation, not by the law enforcement or criminal justice systems.
4. In order to obtain a restraining order, petitioners must provide hard evidence of physical assault, harassment, or stalking.
5. Restraining order petitioners may not make a petition for child custody while a temporary restraining order is in effect.
6. Because restraining orders can affect constitutionally protected parental rights, judges should use the evidentiary standard of “clear and convincing evidence.”
7. Restraining orders should be issued during ex parte hearings only when objective evidence is presented that the violence, harassment, or stalking represents an immediate credible threat to the petitioner’s physical safety.
8. States should enact laws that penalize the filing of false complaints or engaging in perjury. These laws should pertain to the actions of plaintiffs, attorneys, domestic violence shelters, and other organizations that engage in such activities.
9. Prosecutors and judges should be encouraged to vigorously pursue such violations.
10. Government-funded legal services must be made equally available to both the petitioner/plaintiff and respondent/defendan t.

We encourage persons to review these recommendations and share them with your state and federal lawmakers to make needed reforms. We cannot allow the epidemic of false allegations of domestic violence to continue.

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