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Post Written By Brooke Price According to the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, family violence reports increase on average 2.7% during the holiday season.  However, the number of hotline calls drops dramatically. Call volume decreases on average 53% on Christmas Day and 30% on New Year’s day. With the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) keeping... Read More »
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The coronavirus has altered lives in ways that few people could have ever anticipated. Americans are grappling with job loss, being forced to stay home, and are homeschooling their children, compounding our difficulties in these unprecedented times. Unfortunately, these hardships are creating an environment where domestic violence can occur more often. Williamson County intake... Read More »
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Texans are finally emerging from stay-at-home orders after being isolated for a month or more. In the wake of couples being forced to stay at home with each other, intake prosecutors in Williamson County say they’re filling a high number of domestic violence cases. Accusations of domestic violence should be taken seriously and investigated... Read More »
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By Brooke Price Economic stress, job uncertainty, trouble finding childcare, and weeks of social distancing create situations for anxiety and tension. As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, relationships with loved ones are being challenged in new ways. Officials in cities with high numbers of reported cases are anticipating, and in some places seeing, a... Read More »
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By Brooke Price In times of economic uncertainty, your legal record can have a profound impact on job opportunities. Many are being faced with having to find new jobs while businesses are shut down as a result of Williamson and Bell County’s’ shelter-in-place order to combat COVID-19. If you have a criminal record that... Read More »
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By Law Office of Price & Wiggins In response to the global pandemic of COVID-19, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster for the Lone Star State. According to Abbott’s office, there are more than 30 confirmed cases of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, in Texas and there are more than 50... Read More »