Fall River Domestic Violence Information

How does domestic violence work for Fall River residents?

Fall River domestic-violence cases typically run two parallel tracks: a criminal charge in the local District Court (assault and battery on a family or household member under M.G.L. c. 265 sec. 13M, restraining-order violation under c. 209A sec. 7) and a civil 209A or 258E petition with a 10-day return hearing. Where the parties share a child or are presently married, related parenting orders move in the Bristol County Probate and Family Court. The intake call evaluates the matter and the firm either handles it directly or connects the client with a Massachusetts criminal-defense partner attorney at no extra cost.

Which Fall River courts hear this category?

For readers in Fall River, the following Bristol County courts hear this category of matter:

• Taunton District Court 40 Broadway, Taunton, MA 02780 criminal arraignment and 209A and 258E petition return hearings
• Bristol County Probate and Family Court 11 Court Street, Taunton, MA 02780 parallel parenting orders and 209A petitions involving spouses or co-parents
• Bristol Superior Court 9 Court Street, Taunton, MA 02780 felony domestic-violence cases bound over after probable-cause hearing

Filing in the wrong forum is a procedural setback rather than a permanent bar, but it costs time. Counsel routes the matter to the correct court at intake.

How do I engage Jim Glaser Law from Fall River?

Reaching Jim Glaser Law from Fall River starts at the number listed above. There is no charge for the initial telephone conversation, and there is no obligation afterward to retain the firm. For matters the firm accepts under a contingency-fee arrangement, the engagement letter spells out that no attorney fee is due unless and until a recovery is obtained on behalf of the client; case costs and expenses follow the terms of that written agreement.

Fall River sits in Bristol County, Massachusetts, with a population of approximately 94,000 per the most recent Census estimate. Bristol County matters of this category are heard and administered through the appropriate Bristol County forums and are evaluated under the same Massachusetts framework that applies to every domestic violence matter in the Commonwealth.

Fall River's case mix tracks the city's mill-city-to-South-Coast-suburb transition: workers compensation matters from the warehousing, manufacturing, and healthcare employers that occupy the converted mill stock; auto-accident matters along the Route 24 / Route 79 / Braga Bridge corridor connecting the city to the Rhode Island border and Cape Cod; and premises-liability matters from the multi-family rental housing stock concentrated in the Flint and the Globe. The city's Portuguese-American population makes Fall River a frequent source of Bristol County immigration referrals and family-law referrals. Fall River was incorporated as a town in 1803 and as a city in 1854. The city covers roughly 33 square miles along the Taunton River and Mount Hope Bay. Fall River ZIP codes span 02720 through 02724, with downtown at 02720 and the Flint neighborhood at 02723.