{"id":2584,"date":"2023-06-22T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/violencia-domestica\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:32:06","slug":"violencia-domestica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/violencia-domestica\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Suffered Domestic Violence. Do I Need a Lawyer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Domestic violence is a <strong>public crime<\/strong>, which means that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anyone can report it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Criminal proceedings may be initiated even without the victim\u2019s complaint or consent.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/areas-de-pratica\/\">lawyer\u2019s role i<\/a>s to support the victim throughout the proceedings, explain each step, clarify rights (criminal and civil), and help obtain protection measures and compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What situations may constitute domestic violence?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In addition to physical violence, the crime may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Emotional abuse:<\/strong> Behaviours that cause fear or humiliation, such as threats involving children or public humiliation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Social abuse:<\/strong> Controlling the victim\u2019s social life, preventing contact with friends or family, monitoring calls, or locking the victim at home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sexual abuse:<\/strong> Forcing or coercing the partner into unwanted sexual acts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Financial abuse:<\/strong> Controlling money without consent, withholding salary, or forcing the victim to justify every expense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stalking:<\/strong> Following the victim to work, monitoring movements, or constant unwanted surveillance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Online disclosure of intimate content:<\/strong> Sharing intimate images or videos, often after a breakup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How can I protect myself?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Victims and their families have the right to protection against retaliation and continued abuse. Within the criminal case, <strong>coercive measures<\/strong> (such as restraining orders, removal from the home, or electronic monitoring) can be imposed to prevent any contact between the aggressor and the victim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marta Vera-Cruz | <a href=\"mailto:info@rosarioduarte.pt\">info@rosarioduarte.pt<\/a><br>\u00a0<br><a class=\"btn gray\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gyHAu1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for our Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Contact us and\/or book a meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/contacts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Domestic violence is a public crime, which means that: A lawyer\u2019s role is to support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2592,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions\/2592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}