Q: My divorce decree states there was no domestic violence at the hand of the other party, what legal protection do I have?
If my ex later attemps to claim there was. Am I protectes by the 4th amendment?
A: Typically a decree would not state whether or not domestic violence occurred. It would address that it was or was not proven. Usually decrees do not address domestic violence unless there was a protection order pursued simultaneously with the dissolution. A person can always say that something did or did not happen, however I suppose that your decree would be helpful to you in that situation if it addresses a lack of proof of domestic violence. It would be important to know what the decree said and in what situation your ex would attempt to claim that domestic violence occurred.
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