THE PROCEDURE IN LITIGATIONS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Vladimir Boranijašević
2016 US-China Law Review  
Domestic violence represents a phenomenon that has justifiably been dedicated large attention to lately. If in a family appears any kind of physical, sexual, economical or psychological abuse of one member by the other, it undoubtedly results in violation of safety and the relationship of trust between the members of family and leads to serious violation of the very institution of the family. Domestic violence is a subject of regulation of a large number of international and domestic legal
more » ... In the Republic of Serbia, regulations of the Family Law prescribe the rules to act in accordance with in a special kind of legal proceedings for protection against domestic violence. In the paper the author points to specificities of the procedure in litigations for protection against domestic violence, points to the process principles it is based on and to the exceptions from the rules of the general legal procedure. The author notes the theoretical opinions and jurisprudence opinions regarding certain issues about this procedure and analyses certain legal solutions in the legislations of the countries in the region in the field of protection against domestic violence.
doi:10.17265/1548-6605/2016.06.002 fatcat:bqa4klf4ebds7hghfhzo4ngz7y