Georgia Family Violence

Also See the Web Page "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING & DIVORCE"

Full Faith and Credit Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2265-2266 (2000)    This is Federal Law!

National Center for Full Faith and Credit    800-256-5883 ext. 2 or 800-903-0111, ext. 2

Family Violence Intervention Program, Certified    Georgia Commission on Family Violence

Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Georgia Commission on Family Violence (GCFV)    Call 1-800-33-HAVEN (1-800-334-2836 [24 hours a day])

Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center & Children’s Advocacy Center (GSAC-CAC)

O.C.G.A. § 17-4-20.1    Go to the following link to look up the listed code sections (LexisNexis(R)):  http://w3.lexis-nexis.com/hottopics/gacode/

911 Cell Bank.org    "... the 911 Cell Phone Bank was created to provide an ongoing and readily available source of emergency cell phones and funds to meet the unexpected and urgent needs of participating law enforcement and affiliated victims services agencies. "

An Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Collection (AARDVARC)    "Georgia Sexual Assault Resources"

Atlanta Legal Aid Society    Legal Services for Low Income Persons in the 5 Metro County Area

Domestic Violence Phone Numbers    Georgia & National Numbers!

Fulton County Family Court Division    Forms related to Domestic Violence & Domestic Relations Including Forms for Divorce

Georgia Bureau of Information (GBI)

Georgia Commission on Family Violence    Statewide Domestic Violence Resource Website (New as of March 2003)

Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Program    Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC)

Georgia Indigent Defense Council    Criminal Cases for Low Income People

Georgia Legal Service Program    Legal Services for Low Income People (for all counties outside the Metro Atlanta Area)

Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault    "... is a non-profit coalition of sexual assault agencies and concerned individuals that share the common goal of ending sexual assault."

Georgia Protective Order Registry Information    Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority. Includes the Official Court Forms required to be used by Georgia Law.

Help For Sexual Assault    By Orchid Recovery Center

Legal Aid in Georgia

Men Stopping Violence  404-270-9894.   email: msv@menstoppingviolence.org

North Fulton Bar Association    List of Attorneys & Their Areas of Practice

State Bar of

Telephone Numbers

Tapestri Inc.  "TAPESTRI, Inc., Immigrant and Refugee Coalition Challenging Gender Based Oppression, is a coalition of ethnically diverse advocates in Atlanta Georgia working on issues of violence against women."

WADT, Inc.678-421-0191Collects used cell phones through donations to help victims of domestic violence. Has many other programs!

Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence 404-668-9436"Our mission is to create a society in which domestic violence no longer exists. "

"Working to Eliminate Domestic Violence in Georgia"

Georgia Law:    Title 15, Chapter 16, Section 1 (15-16-1) through  Title 15, Chapter 16, Section 59 (15-16-59), in general, deals with Sheriffs and their Deputies.

Ahimsa House    404-518-5516    "Ahimsa House, Inc., is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation that provides shelter and aid to animals caught in the cycle of domestic violence. Ahimsa House is the first and only shelter of its kind in Georgia."

Gwinnett Legal Aid    180 Camden Hill Rd., Suite A, Lawrenceville, GA 30045, 678-376-4545.

Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center & Children's Advocacy Center    770-476-7407        Additional Information, 2nd Link

Atlanta Union Mission: Howell Mill Road Campus (My Sister's House)    "921 Howell Mill Rd., NW (click for map and directions), Atlanta, GA 30318,  404-367-2465, Atlanta Union Mission's Howell Mill Road Campus, My Sister's House, is the Mission's full service center for women and children. The campus houses 136 women and children in nightly emergency shelter, and it also houses 128 women and children in the Mission's residential recovery program."

Partnership for Domestic Violence    770-963-9799 (24 hour Crisis Line for Gwinnett County)  404-873-1766 (24 Hour Crisis Line for Fulton County)   404-870-9600 (Information)

Georgia Law:    O.C.G.A. 9-13-6    "(b) Any person who violates the provisions of a domestic violence order which excludes, evicts, or excludes and evicts that person from a residence or household shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."    Extract from Lawskills.com.

Georgia Law:    O.C.G.A. 19-13-23    "(a) Any person who knowingly publishes, disseminates, or otherwise discloses the location of a family violence shelter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
                                                            (b) This Code section shall not apply to:
                                                                (1) Confidential communications between a client and his or her attorney; or
                                                                (2) Instances when such publication, dissemination, or disclosure is authorized by the director of the shelter."