Celebrating a Collaborative Victory for Justice
We’re thrilled to announce that the Family Violence Appellate Project co-counseled with Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal) to challenge a dangerous trial court order for a young survivor of domestic violence, resulting in a decision from the Court of Appeal agreeing the trial court erred and affirming the law designed to protect survivors
“When the trial court gets the law wrong, survivors like our client shouldn’t have to accept the harmful decisions that result. Survivors deserve the opportunity to challenge those harmful decisions,” says Elissa Gray, FVAP Equal Justice Works Fellow, Sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP and The Clorox Company Foundation. “Together with BayLegal, we gave our client that chance to advocate in the Court of Appeal for the protection she was entitled to under law.”
“Individuals like our client cannot afford to wait for a hearing on a permanent restraining order, and too often have been forced to remain in a home shared with an abuser while the process plays out… Ensuring that the protection of a move-out order is available to the most at-risk survivors should be a basic measure of justice in family law cases.”
Read more about the collaborative victory on BayLegal’s website.
