Revises provisions relating to domestic violence. (BDR 14-181)

From the Legislature

AN ACT relating to domestic violence; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to conduct a lethality assessment under certain circumstances; requiring a peace officer who conducts a lethality assessment to take certain actions if the assessment indicates that the person assessed is in a potentially high-risk lethal situation; requiring each law enforcement agency to prescribe a written or electronic form for documenting the results of a lethality assessment; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to submit the results of a lethality assessment to the district attorney of the jurisdiction in which the act occurred; authorizing a court to consider the results of a lethality assessment in reviewing the custody status of certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.