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Where domestic violence exists, both family law and criminal law can be involved. This chapter provides an introduction to the ways that criminal law deals with family violence.
The ''Criminal Code'' provides for ''peace bonds'', which are mechanisms to protect you from another person. They are protection orders and can be obtained against abusers of all kinds, including an abuser you dated , as well as an abusive spouse.
===Civil law context===