Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence is a serious allegation. If you have been charged with domestic violence, your livelihood, reputation, and constitutional rights are at risk.
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In Colorado, the law requires police to arrest anyone they have probable cause to believe has committed a domestic violence crime. It is extremely easy for anyone to make an allegation of domestic violence against anyone else. It is key to have a professional, intelligent, and creative attorney to represent you.
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Mr. Ponce's experience includes prosecuting as well as defending against domestic violence accusations.
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Defined as "an act or threatened act of violence upon a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship. "Domestic violence" also includes any other crime against a person, or against property, including an animal, or any municipal ordinance violation against a person, or against property, including an animal, when used as a method of coercion, control, punishment, intimidation, or revenge directed against a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship."
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Applies to Intimate Partners, not other familial relationships like children.
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"Intimate relationship" means a relationship between spouses, former spouses, past or present unmarried couples, or persons who are both the parents of the same child regardless of whether the persons have been married or have lived together at any time.
C.R.S. § 18-6-800.3
