According to the Domestic Violence Act of Trinidad and Tobago, looking under PROTECTION ORDERS 7. In determining whether or not to impose one or more of the prohibitions or directions specified under section 6, the Court shall have regard to the following: (a) the nature, history or pattern of the violence that has occurred and whether a previous Protection Order or Interim Order has been issued; (b) the need to protect the applicant and any other person for whose benefit the Protection Order has been granted from further domestic violence; (c) the welfare of any child; (d) the accommodation needs of the applicant and any other person; (e) the hardship that may be caused as a result of the making of the Order; (f) the income, assets and financial obligations of the respondent, the applicant and any other person affected by the Order; (g) THE NEED TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS AND ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILY AS A UNIT; (h) any other matter, that in the circumstances of the case, the Court considers relevant. What is stated in 7(g) above should be the basis of any case but the opposite has been happening, destruction and brokenness...
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:47:59 +0000
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