--- title: "Empowered: Women Tell Family Court Judges of Experiences With Coercive Control Using New Domestic Abuse Law" description: "Empowered: Women Tell Family Court Judges of Experiences With Coercive Control Using New Domestic Abuse Law" image: https://www.freedomwarrior.info/hubfs/FreedomWarrior_March2022/Images/In%20the%20News%20Empowered%20Ms%20Article-1.jpeg --- # Empowered: Women Tell Family Court Judges of Experiences With Coercive Control Using New Domestic Abuse Law by [Amy Polacko](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/articles/author/amy-polacko) | Oct 21, 2022 ![Empowered: Women Tell Family Court Judges of Experiences With Coercive Control Using New Domestic Abuse Law](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/hubfs/FreedomWarrior_March2022/Images/In%20the%20News%20Empowered%20Ms%20Article-1.jpeg) ![Empowered: Women Tell Family Court Judges of Experiences With Coercive Control Using New Domestic Abuse Law](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FreedomWarrior_March2022/images/15.png) > Connecticut’s new Jennifers’ Law, which went into effect last October, expanded domestic abuse to include coercive control – addressing the way perpetrators weaponize the court system. The law is named for two women who lost their lives to domestic violence – Jennifer Dulos and Jennifer Magnano. > > [Read the full article here.](https://msmagazine.com/2022/10/21/jennifers-law-divorce-family-court-coercive-control-domestic-abuse/) > By Amy Polacko, Divorce Coach & Journalist ## Related Blogs ## [I Help Women Escape Controlling Men. Here's Why I Believe Cassie Couldn’t 'Just Leave' Diddy.](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/articles/i-help-women-escape-controlling-men-heres-why-i-believe-cassie-couldnt-just-leave-diddy) [Learn More](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/articles/i-help-women-escape-controlling-men-heres-why-i-believe-cassie-couldnt-just-leave-diddy) ## [I Was Stranded in Canada on 9/11, and Even I Learned from ‘Come From Away’](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/articles/i-was-stranded-in-canada-on-9-11-and-even-i-learned-from-come-from-away) [Learn More](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/articles/i-was-stranded-in-canada-on-9-11-and-even-i-learned-from-come-from-away) ## [Empty Home for the Holidays: Mothers Who Can’t See Their Children Blame Broken Family Court System](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/articles/empty-home-for-the-holidays-mothers-who-cant-see-their-children-blame-broken-family-court-system) [Learn More](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/articles/empty-home-for-the-holidays-mothers-who-cant-see-their-children-blame-broken-family-court-system) [« Older Entries](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/articles)