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Be prepared – Learn about the experiences of other survivors in court

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Produced by Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Created February 2020

One way to prepare yourself for going to court is to learn about the experiences of other survivors when they went to family court.

See Like I’m Invisible by Ellen Gutowski and Lisa A. Goodman. Gutowski interviewed 19 survivors of intimate partner violence about their experience going through the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court.

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