THE EVIDENTIARY ABUSE AFFIDAVIT

empowering victims to securely document their experiences.

Until now, victims have been told:

  • Report Abuse - but action is only taken if you can show evidence.

  • Go to a shelter - if one is available.

  • Get a restraining order - usually only granted if there is evidence of the abuse.

  • Move away - leave behind careers, family, friends and assets.

  • Stay with someone else - if there is someone who can be trusted.

  • Stalking laws are often weak and poorly defined.

Current responses do not always help a victim to document their situations and specifics of the abuse or the abuser. Outside of a police report or restraining order, documentation has still not occurred. In case of future serious injury, a victim goes missing or is killed, nothing exists to link them to their experiences.

The Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit changes this!

Norma Peterson, Executive Director of Document the Abuse speaks with Dateline NBC about the Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit.