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Details: FVC Application Tab 5 CIVIL ACTIONS DATA
 

Terms listed below in ALL CAPS correspond to the field names on the Civil Actions screen of the FVC-APP.
Comments:  None of these fields are required. The entire screen may be skipped over. However, in the example shown above when "Peace Order" is selected as the CIVIL ACTION TYPE, then additional fields (shown in turquoise) are required.

CIVIL ACTION TYPE
Select ONE from a Pull Down menu that contains types of Civil Actions in Maryland that may be requested.
Comment: Civil Actions that are most pertinent to incidents of family violence are displayed. As indicated, the database administrator may add additional items to this look up table (LUT).

CIVIL ACTION DATE (This field is not required.)
Enter the date (if known) when the Civil Action was initiated.
Comment: Generally, Law Enforcement will have the most accurate information. In order to cut down on errors in the data mart, service providers who are working with a victim may want to request documentation prior to entering a Civil Action Date.

PETITIONER TYPE - REQUIRED when A Civil Action is entered
Enter one of the Petitioner types that is permitted to file Civil Actions under Maryland Law.
Comment: Filing a Civil Action in order to stop the abuse is often one of the first options invoked by victims of family violence - especially for situations involving partner abuse.

RESPONDENT'S NAME - REQUIRED when a Civil Action Type is entered
Select ONE from a Pull Down menu that contains all of the alleged offender names that were entered for this incident.
Special Instructions: If the Respondent's Name has not been entered as an alleged offender, then click on the "Involved Persons Data" tab at the top of the screen and enter the offender information. When there are multiple respondents (offenders), enter additional records using the "Enter Another Civil Action" button.

VICTIM'S NAME - REQUIRED when a Civil Action Type is entered
Select ONE from a Pull Down menu that contains all of the victim's names that were entered for this incident.
Special Instruction: When there are multiple victims in the same family, enter the name of the primary victim (head of household) for each Civil Action. When there are multiple victims who are NOT related to each other, enter additional records using the "Enter Another Civil Action" button.

DISPOSITION TYPE (This field is not required.)
Select ONE from a Pull Down menu.
Comment: Generally, Law Enforcement will have the most accurate information. In order to cut down on errors in the data mart, service providers who are working with a victim may want to request documentation prior to entering a Dispostion.

DISPOSITION DATE - (This field is not required.)
Enter the date (if known) when the court made a ruling on the Civil Action.
Comment: Generally, Law Enforcement will have the most accurate information. In order to cut down on errors in the data mart, service providers who are working with a victim may want to request documentation prior to entering a Dispositon Date.
 

RECOMMENDATION: A desired future product enhancement is to add fields to this screen so that the court-ordered conditions of a Protective Order or a Peace Order may be recorded. Orders may include any of the following: respondent is ordered to stay away from a victim's residence and/or place of employment (no contact order), terms of child custody and child visitation, use of the family vehicle, court ordered Abuse Intervention Services (batterer's counseling), etc.

Duration of Protective Order / Peace Order
DURATION - REQUIRED only for Protective or Peace Orders
Enter the length of time that the Protective Order or Peace Order is in effect.
Special Instructions: There are two additional fields linked to the Duration field. Enter a number in the first field and select either days, weeks, months, years from a Pull Down menu in the second field.

Enter Another Civil Action
The Data Entry Technician can toggle back and forth between records using the PREVIOUS RECORD and NEXT RECORD buttons.
Special Instructions: If there are multiple Civil Actions (and/or multiple respondents or multiple UNRELATED victims), go to the top of the screen and enter another record..

GO TO SERVICES
This button takes the DET to the Services Screen (Tab 6).
Comment: Prior to sending the entire record to the FVC Database, the Data Entry Technician (DET) can toggle back and forth between the various TABS to correct errors/update information. However, once the record is sent to the database, the DET CAN NOT retrieve the record. If an organization wishes to keep track of data that they have entered, the organization can ask their DET to print out any or all of the screens prior to sending the incident record to the database.