Episode 16: Family Domestic Violence Court - Part 1

INSession

07-09-2023 • 28 Min.

It’s a truth as sure as the certainty of death and taxes: If results are the goal, complex challenges demand innovative ideas. Allen Superior Court is taking on the challenge of an especially complex issue – family domestic violence – through the launch of a new problem-solving court, the first of its kind in Indiana. The new court has a dual mission of helping survivors of domestic violence build safe and healthy families and helping break the cycle of violence that often spreads from generation to generation. It’s hard to acknowledge being a victim of domestic violence or being the one who committed that act. It can be even harder to ask for help. But when that day comes, Allen Superior Court’s Family Domestic Violence Court is there to help. On this two-part episode of INSession, we take a look at Allen Superior Courts Family Domestic Violence Court, helping heal families in our community.