Wayne County, Georgia

The Georgia code defines domestic violence as any felony, battery, simple battery, simple assault, assault, stalking, criminal damage to property, unlawful restraint and criminal trespass between past or present spouses.

Physical Abuse can include slapping, pushing, punching, hitting, kicking, grabbing, choking, biting, hair pulling or the use or threat to use weapons to hurt you.

Call the police. Just because you were or are married or living with someone does not give them the right to threaten or abuse you.

We can provide to you information regarding the following:

A protective order is a written statement from a court that tells the abuser to stop the abuse or face serious legal consequences.

It must be filed in the county where the abuser lives.

As the victim of a crime, the law grants you certain rights and responsibilities.

Acts of violence occur every 18 seconds in this country. A woman is abused every 9-15 seconds.