An Update on Denied and Dismissed Protective Order in Montgomery County, Maryland

This report is Court Watch’s first look at the protective order process in Montgomery County’s Circuit Court. In it we analyze data collected over a...

This report provides quotes from our courtroom monitors’ notes documenting the many and varied innovative approaches taken by Montgomery County District Court judges and courthouse...

This report documents the tragic deaths of 35 children state-wide in intimate partner related violence. Almost a third were killed during dangerous court-ordered exchanges for...

Civil protection orders are intended to protect victims of domestic violence by directing abusive partners to stop harming or threatening them and, in most cases,...