Free Digital Book: Finding Safety

Finding Safety: A Parent’s Guide

When you’re dealing with domestic violence, threats, intimidation, or unsafe behavior at home, you don’t have time to figure out legal jargon. You need information that is clear, calm, and practical — something you can use right now.

Finding Safety is a free digital booklet written for parents who need to protect themselves and their children. Based on decades of courtroom experience in California, this guide explains the Domestic Violence Restraining Order process in plain English.

Inside this guide, you’ll learn:

• How California courts evaluate domestic violence and coercive control

• What a Domestic Violence Restraining Order (DVRO) can do for you and your children

• How to collect evidence judges actually rely on

• What to expect at your court hearing

• What to bring with you — and what NOT to do

• Real-world safety planning strategies used by families in crisis

You deserve safety.
You deserve clarity.
And you deserve to understand the process long before you walk into a courtroom.