Domestic violence can take on many different forms. Some of these forms include:
Verbal abuse, Intimidation, Economic oppression and abuse, Coercion, Use of the children to intimidate, harass or threaten, Sexual abuse and stalking, Isolating the victim from family and friends.
- Domestic assault is an assault crime committed against someone you share a domestic relationship with. A domestic relationship can range from married spouses to people who live in the same house as you.
- The first offense is a misdemeanor (93 days/$500), the second offense is also a misdemeanor (up to 1 year/ $1000), and the third offense is a class G felony (up to 2 years/ $2500).
- Aggravated Domestic Assault is when the assault results in severe injuries. The first offense is a misdemeanor (up to 1 year, $1000), the second is a class G felony.
- Stalking, a one-year/$1,000 misdemeanor, or aggravated stalking, a five-year/$10,000 felony.
- Felonious assault with a dangerous weapon, a four-year/$2,000 felony.
- Assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and assault by strangulation or suffocation, a ten-year/$5,000 felony.
- Assault with intent to commit murder, a life or any-number-of-years felony.
- Criminal sexual conduct, depending on the degree, a life or any-number-of-years felony to a two-year/$500 misdemeanor.
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