Verbal and Emotional Abuse Lawyer

You and your child deserve to be safe from emotional and verbal abuse. California law provides protections for those at risk from this often overlooked form of domestic violence. At Stolar & Associates our Los Angeles attorneys will help you get the domestic restraining order and other help you need to make the abuse stop. We serve clients in Southern California communities including Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Clarita, Orange County, Santa Ana, San Buenaventura, San Bernardino, and Riverside.

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When recommending a course of action our attorneys will consider the factors involved in your unique situation:

• What is your relationship to your abuser: husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, domestic partner, father, mother, or other household member?
• What are your long-term goals and short-term needs?
• What is the nature of the emotional or verbal abuse?
• Are your children observing your abuse?
• Is your child the victim of verbal abuse?

Verbal or emotional abuse is based on power and control. It can take a variety of forms and it is important that your petition to the court for a restraining order be worded carefully. Our Los Angeles family lawyers have been helping clients in area courts for over twenty years and know what key elements a judge will look for in a petition for an emergency protective order or temporary restraining order. Some elements of an emotionally or verbally abusive relationship include the following:

• You are manipulated into feeling guilty when you have done nothing wrong.
• You are constantly or frequently anxious and afraid to upset your abuser.
• Your abuser controls or restricts your contact with your friends and family.
• Your abuser coerces you into performing humiliating tasks or sexual acts.
• Your abuser calls you worthless, ugly, stupid, or in other ways makes you feel inferior.
• Your abuser publicly humiliates you.

It is common for verbal and emotional abuse to accompany physical violence and sexual abuse. Battered women syndrome is an example of an extreme reaction to years of abuse, and children suffer as victims of abuse or when observing a parent or sibling being abused. It is extremely important that if your family is involved in a cycle of abuse you take action to protect yourself and your children. Contact our Los Angeles abuse lawyers for a free consultation at our Beverly Hills office.