Domestic violence (also referred to as intimate partner violence (IPV), dating abuse, or relationship abuse) is a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship.

Anyone can be a victim — or perpetrator — of domestic violence. That includes behaviors that physically harm, intimidate, manipulate, or control a partner or otherwise force them to behave in ways they don’t want to. This can happen through physical violence, threats, emotional abuse, or financial control.

Common signs of abusive behavior in a partner might include:

• Telling you that you never do anything right.
• Showing extreme jealousy of time spent with friends away from them.
• Preventing you or keeping you from spending time with friends and family.
• Insulting, demeaning, or shaming you in, especially in front of other people.
• Preventing you from working or attending school.
• Controlling household finances without discussion, including taking your money or refusing to provide money for necessary expenses.
• Pressuring you to have sex or perform sexual acts that you are not comfortable with.
• Pressuring you to use drugs or alcohol.
• Intimidating you through threatening looks or gestures.
• Insulting your parenting or making threats to harm or take away your children or pets.
• Threatening you with weapons like guns, knives, or bats.
• Destroying your belongings in your home.

Visit: https://www.thehotline.org/plan-for-safety/create-your-personal-safety-plan/

• Interact 919-828-7501 https://interactofwake.org/
• Helen Wright Center for Women 919-833-1748 https://urbanmin.org/services/shelter/
• The Women’s Center 919-829-3711 https://www.wcwc.org/
• Triangle Family Services 919-821-0790 https://tfsnc.org/
• Salvation Army of Wake County 919-834-6733 https://southernusa.salvationarmy.org/wake/
• Shining Light in Darkness 919-791-5578 https://www.shininglightindarkness.org/
• Kiran 877-625-4726  https://kiraninc.org/

• North Carolina Victim Assistance Network 1-800-348-5068 www.nc-van.org
• NC Statewide Automated Victim Assistance and Notification System (NC SAVAN) 1-877-627-2826
• North Carolina Coalition against Sexual Assault 1-888-737-2272 www.nccasa.org
• Crime Victims’ Compensation Services 1-800-826-6200 https://www.ncdps.gov/dps-services/office-victim-compensation-services/victim-compensation-program
•  NC Coalition against Domestic Violence 1-888-997-9124 www.nccadv.org

• National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE or 1-800-787-3224 (TDD) www.thehotline.org
• Resource Center on Child Protection and Custody 1-800-527-3223 www.rcdvcpc.org
• Battered Woman’s Justice Project 1-800-903-0111 http://www.bwjp.org/
• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence 1-800-537-2238 www.nrcdv.org
• National Sexual Violence Resources Center 717-909-0710 http://www.nsvrc.org/
• National Human Trafficking Resource Center 1-888-373-7888 http://traffickingresourcecenter.org

1. An average of 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States — more than 12 million women and men over the course of a single year.
2. Nearly 3 in 10 women (29%) and 1 in 10 men (10%) in the US have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by a partner and reported it having a related impact on their functioning.
3. Just under 15% of women (14.8%) and 4% of men in the US have been injured as a result of intimate partner violence that included rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner.
4. 1 in 4 women (24.3%) and 1 in 7 men (13.8%) aged 18 and older in the US have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
5. Intimate partner violence alone affects more than 12 million people every year.
6. Over 1 in 3 women (35.6%) and 1 in 4 men (28.5%) in the US have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
7. Almost half of all women and men in the US have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime (48.4% and 48.8%, respectively).
8. Women ages 18 to 24 and 25 to 34 generally experience the highest rates of intimate partner violence.
9. From 1994 to 2010, approximately 4 in 5 victims of intimate partner violence were female.
10. Most female victims of intimate partner violence were previously victimized by the same offender at rates of 77% for women ages 18 to 24, 76% for ages 25 to 34, and 81% for ages 35 to 49.

1. Vaya a la Corte de Justicia del Condado de Wake ubicado en la 316 Fayetteville St., Sala 527, quinto piso, Oficina del Secretario Civil y Unidad de Violencia Doméstica para obtener las formas y completarlos.
2. Complete las formas con información detallada, incluyendo fechas.
3. Para las solicitudes 50B, a partir de febrero de 2023, están disponibles las opciones de presentación electrónica (Efiling) en el Condado de Wake, eCourts  Guide & File – Violencia Doméstica. Puede presentar electrónicamente en https://northcarolina.tylertech.cloud/SRL/. Aun así, todavia deberá presentarse en persona para solicitar la orden.
4. Se aceptan nuevas solicitudes entre las 8:30 a.m. y las 3:30 p.m., de lunes a viernes, excepto días festivos estatales.
5. La orden será escuchada en la Sala 5A/5B. Cuando el juez llame su nombre, prestará juramento para testificar sobre la denuncia que ha presentado.
6. Una vez que el juez firme los documentos, regrese a la Sala 527. El secretario le hará copias de la orden.

Una vez que la orden se presente, será enviada a la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Wake y enviada para su entrega al demandado. La Oficina del Sheriff no puede proporcionar el dia, ni la hora específica para la entrega.

¿Preguntas? Llame al 919-856-5623 o visite/llame a la Oficina del Secretario del Condado de Wake - Unidad de Violencia Doméstica en la Sala 527, 919-792-4444.