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===Information for complainants=== | ===Information for complainants=== | ||
If you have suffered family violence, call the police; nothing will happen until you do. When the police attend, they will, in all likelihood, take the abuser into custody, and he or she will stay there until a judge is able to speak to him or her. Most of the time, | If you have suffered family violence, call the police; nothing will happen until you do. When the police attend, they will, in all likelihood, take the abuser into <span class="noglossary">custody</span>, and he or she will stay there until a judge is able to speak to him or her. Most of the time, he or she will be released from custody until his or her trial date following this <span class="noglossary">brief</span> hearing, and the release will be on specific terms and conditions set out in a document called a ''Recognizance'' or an ''Undertaking''. | ||
It's important that you call the police right away, or at least fairly soon after the violence. The police will sometimes refuse to take action against an abuser on the ground that the complaint was made out of malice or a desire for revenge because of the breakdown of the relationship. | It's important that you call the police right away, or at least fairly soon after the violence. The police will sometimes refuse to take action against an abuser on the ground that the complaint was made out of malice or a desire for revenge because of the breakdown of the relationship. | ||
You should tell the police — and perhaps crown counsel — about all of your concerns with the abuser, whether they're about yourself or your children. You should also tell the police about past incidents of family violence, and whether the abuser has ever been arrested for similar problems in the past. You will want your concerns addressed in the | You should tell the police — and perhaps crown counsel — about all of your concerns with the abuser, whether they're about yourself or your children. You should also tell the police about past incidents of family violence, and whether the abuser has ever been arrested for similar problems in the past. You will want your concerns addressed in the recognizance on which your partner will be released from custody. Among other things, the court can require that the abuser: | ||
*not go to your home, school or workplace, | *not go to your home, school or workplace, | ||