Accused of domestic violence? The first report is not the whole story.
Daniel Kolacia is a former prosecutor who knows how domestic violence cases are charged and proved, and he prepares every defense for trial.
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A domestic violence arrest can upend your life. A protective order may keep you out of your home and away from your kids, and a conviction can cost you your gun rights, your job, license or clearance, and, for non-citizens, immigration status.
In California, domestic violence is a group of charges defined by your relationship with the other person, such as a spouse, dating partner, cohabitant, or co-parent. Police often arrest on the spot, even if nobody wants to press charges.
Sheriff’s deputies staff the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department, and booking is typically at West Valley Detention Center. Adult cases from Rancho Cucamonga, Alta Loma, Etiwanda, Upland, Ontario, Montclair, Chino and Chino Hills go to the Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse, 8303 Haven Avenue, where the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office prosecutes them. Any civil restraining order case runs separately in family court.
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Domestic Violence Charges We Defend in San Bernardino County
Misdemeanor Domestic Violence
- Domestic Battery (Penal Code 243(e)(1)): Up to one year in county jail and a $2,000 fine. No visible injury is required.
- Violating a Protective Order: Up to one year in county jail and a $1,000 fine. Repeat violations involving violence can be felonies.
- Preventing a 911 Call: Up to six months in county jail.
Probation runs at least three years with a 52-week batterer’s intervention program and a protective order. Domestic battery and corporal injury convictions also bring firearm bans.
Felony Domestic Violence
Most of these charges are “wobblers,” filed as misdemeanors or felonies depending on the injury, any weapon, and your record.
- Corporal Injury to a Spouse or Partner (Penal Code 273.5): Charged when there is an injury, even a bruise. Up to one year in county jail, or two, three, or four years in prison, more with priors, and a $6,000 fine.
- Domestic Assault With a Deadly Weapon: Two, three, or four years as a felony, a $10,000 fine, and a strike.
- Criminal Threats: Up to three years in prison as a felony, and a strike.
- Child Abuse: Up to six years in prison as a felony and a $6,000 fine.
- Child Endangerment: Up to six years in prison as a felony. Sometimes charged when children were present.
- Elder Abuse: Up to four years in prison as a felony and a $6,000 fine.
Related Charges
Stalking, false imprisonment, and vandalism are often filed alongside domestic violence charges.
Assault and weapon charges carry their own penalties.
A former prosecutor, now on your side.
Daniel Kolacia was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2006. He served as a Deputy District Attorney in Riverside County and later as a county attorney in Iowa, and he handled cases ranging from DUI and drug charges to white collar crime and homicide. In 2021 he opened Kolacia Law to put that experience to work for the accused.
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Dismissals, diversions, sealed records and reduced charges: a sample of how we have fought for our clients.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different and depends on its own facts and circumstances. Client last names are abbreviated for privacy.
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