What Is Domestic
Violence
What Constitutes Domestic
Violence in Orange County?
"Intentionally or recklessly causing or attempting to cause bodily injury, or placing another person in reasonable apprehension of imminent,  serious bodily injury to himself, herself or another" is the definition of abuse by the California Penal Code. Here are some examples of actions that could result in a domestic violence charge:
- Threats, Intimidation, Stalking
- False Imprisonment
- Kidnapping
- Physical Abuse (Beating, Kicking, Punching)
- Sexual Abuse (Forced Sexual Act)
- Verbal Abuse (Emotional Abuss Such as Name-Calling, Making Derogatory or Threatening Remarks)
- Financial Abuse (Refusal to Pay Bills or Keeping Victim From Being Financially Independent)
- Social Abuse (Confining Victim to a Room or House, Violating Privacy)
- Child Abuse (Includes Violent Acts as Well as Endangerment)
- Elder Abuse (Neglect, Violence)
All these forms of abuse are crimes regardless of gender under California law. Often the violence is between persons in a dating relationship or intimate partners who, under federal laws could be a person who lives or cohabits or has cohabited with the victim, a spouse, former spouse, a person sharing a child or children with the victim.
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