Evidence

Evidence

may include:

  • Testimony in court (from you or your witness)
  • Medical reports of injuries from the abuse
  • Police reports for when you or your witness called the police
  • Pictures of your injuries, preferably dated
  • Household objects damaged by the abuser
  • Pictures of your household in disarray after an episode of domestic violence
    Weapons used
  • Tapes of calls you or your witness may have made to 911
  • Certified copies of the abuser’s criminal record (try to get these through the clerk of criminal court)
  • A personal diary or calendar in which you documented the abuse as it happened
  • Anything else that may help convince the judge

Information provided by : https://www.womenslaw.org/laws/preparing-court-yourself/preparing-your-case