Other problems targeted by SWIC include a need for more expedient service of PFAs; the need for free or affordable legal representation and assistance with PFA and contempt hearings and other civil matters related to abuse, including custody and support; and the lack of proper training by law enforcement officials in handling domestic violence cases, Casey said.
SWIC targets problems like the need for faster service of PFAs.
The succession of authoritarian rulers from the Middle Ages to the 18th century Norman and Angevin French, German emperors, and the Spanish kept in place a feudal system that has left the region to this day socially backward compared with the north.