Clorox Equal Justice Works Fellow Spotlight: Elissa Gray & the Family Violence Appellate Project
The Clorox Company Foundation is supporting Equal Justice Works fellow Elissa Gray, who works with the Family Violence Appellate Project (FVAP) to protect the legal rights of low-income domestic violence survivors in California. Gray's fellowship focuses on increasing access to appellate-level writ review for survivors facing harmful family court orders. Writs are emergency remedies designed for situations where survivors have no other way to challenge problematic trial court decisions.
Gray's project involves direct representation of survivors, community partnerships, and developing free writ resources across California. A recent case highlighted the importance of this work, where a writ petition challenged a trial court's denial of a temporary move-out order for a youth client. The Court of Appeal's decision confirmed the trial court's error and provided guidance on move-out order standards, demonstrating the critical need for accessible writ review for domestic violence survivors.
La Clorox Company Foundation sostiene la borsa di studio di Equal Justice Works di Elissa Gray, che collabora con il Family Violence Appellate Project (FVAP) per proteggere i diritti legali dei sopravvissuti a violenza domestica a basso reddito in California. La borsa di studio di Gray si concentra sull'aumento dell'accesso alla revisione scritta a livello di appello per i sopravvissuti che affrontano ordini dannosi del tribunale della famiglia. I ricorsi sono rimedi d'emergenza progettati per situazioni in cui i sopravvissuti non hanno altro modo per contestare le decisioni problematiche del tribunale di primo grado.
Il progetto di Gray prevede rappresentanza diretta dei sopravvissuti, partnership comunitarie e sviluppo di risorse gratuite per la scrittura in tutta la California. Un caso recente ha messo in evidenza l'importanza di questo lavoro, in cui una petizione scritta ha contestato il diniego di un ordine temporaneo di allontanamento da parte di un tribunale per un cliente giovane. La decisione della Corte d'Appello ha confermato l'errore del tribunale di primo grado e ha fornito indicazioni sugli standard degli ordini di allontanamento, dimostrando la necessità critica di una revisione accessibile per i sopravvissuti a violenza domestica.
La Fundación Clorox Company apoya a la becaria de Equal Justice Works Elissa Gray, quien trabaja con el Proyecto de Apelación de Violencia Familiar (FVAP) para proteger los derechos legales de los sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica de bajos ingresos en California. La beca de Gray se centra en aumentar el acceso a la revisión de órdenes de apelación para sobrevivientes que enfrentan órdenes perjudiciales del tribunal de familia. Las órdenes son remedios de emergencia diseñados para situaciones en las que los sobrevivientes no tienen otra forma de impugnar decisiones problemáticas del tribunal de primera instancia.
El proyecto de Gray implica representación directa de sobrevivientes, asociaciones comunitarias y desarrollo de recursos gratuitos para ordenamientos en toda California. Un caso reciente destacó la importancia de este trabajo, donde una petición de orden desafió la negativa del tribunal de primera instancia a una orden temporal de desalojo para un cliente joven. La decisión de la Corte de Apelaciones confirmó el error del tribunal de primera instancia y proporcionó orientación sobre los estándares de órdenes de desalojo, demostrando la necesidad crítica de una revisión accesible de órdenes para los sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica.
클로록스 컴퍼니 재단은 저소득층 가정 폭력 생존자의 법적 권리를 보호하기 위해 가족 폭력 항소 프로젝트(FVAP)에서 일하는 Equal Justice Works 펠로우인 엘리사 그레이를 지원하고 있습니다. 그레이의 펠로우십은 유해한 가정 법원 명령에 직면한 생존자들이 항소 수준에서 명령 검토에 접근할 수 있도록 하는 데 중점을 두고 있습니다. 명령은 긴급한 구제책입니다 생존자들이 문제가 있는 1심 법원 결정을 다툴 다른 방법이 없는 상황을 위해 설계되었습니다.
그레이의 프로젝트에는 생존자에 대한 직접적인 대리, 커뮤니티 파트너십, 그리고 캘리포니아 전역에서 무료 명령 리소스 개발이 포함됩니다. 최근 사례는 이 작업의 중요성을 강조했으며, 여기서 명령 청원이 청소년 고객을 위한 일시적인 퇴거 명령 거부에 대해 1심 법원의 결정을 다툴 수 있었습니다. 항소 법원의 결정은 1심 법원의 오류를 확인하고 퇴거 명령 기준에 대한 지침을 제공하며, 가정 폭력 생존자에게 접근 가능한 명령 검토의 필요성을 보여주었습니다.
La Fondation Clorox Company soutient la boursière d'Equal Justice Works, Elissa Gray, qui travaille avec le Family Violence Appellate Project (FVAP) pour protéger les droits légaux des survivants de violence domestique à faible revenu en Californie. La bourse de Gray se concentre sur l'augmentation de l'accès à la révision des ordonnances de niveau d'appel pour les survivants confrontés à des ordonnances préjudiciables du tribunal de la famille. Les ordonnances sont des remèdes d'urgence conçus pour des situations où les survivants n'ont pas d'autre moyen de contester les décisions problématiques du tribunal de première instance.
Le projet de Gray implique une représentation directe des survivants, des partenariats communautaires et le développement de ressources écrit gratuites à travers la Californie. Un cas récent a mis en lumière l'importance de ce travail, où une requête a contesté le refus d'une ordonnance de déménagement temporaire par un tribunal pour un client jeune. La décision de la Cour d'appel a confirmé l'erreur du tribunal de première instance et a fourni des orientations sur les normes des ordonnances de déménagement, démontrant le besoin critique d'une révision accessible des ordonnances pour les survivants de violence domestique.
Die Clorox Company Foundation unterstützt die Equal Justice Works-Stipendiatin Elissa Gray, die mit dem Family Violence Appellate Project (FVAP) zusammenarbeitet, um die rechtlichen Rechte von einkommensschwachen Überlebenden häuslicher Gewalt in Kalifornien zu schützen. Grays Stipendium konzentriert sich darauf, den Zugang zur Überprüfung von schriftlichen Anordnungen auf Berufungsebene für Überlebende zu erhöhen, die mit schädlichen Familiengerichtsbeschlüssen konfrontiert sind. Schriftliche Anordnungen sind Notfallmittel, die für Situationen gedacht sind, in denen Überlebende keine andere Möglichkeit haben, problematische Entscheidungen des Erstgerichts anzufechten.
Grays Projekt umfasst direkte Vertretung von Überlebenden, Gemeinschaftspartnerschaften und die Entwicklung kostenloser schriftlicher Ressourcen in Kalifornien. Ein aktueller Fall hob die Bedeutung dieser Arbeit hervor, in dem eine schriftliche Anordnung die Ablehnung einer vorläufigen Auszugsanordnung durch ein Erstgericht für einen jungen Mandanten anfocht. Die Entscheidung des Berufungsgerichts bestätigte den Fehler des Erstgerichts und gab Hinweise zu den Standards für Auszugsanordnungen, was die dringende Notwendigkeit einer zugänglichen Überprüfung schriftlicher Anordnungen für Überlebende häuslicher Gewalt verdeutlicht.
- Clorox Company Foundation is supporting legal assistance for domestic violence survivors
- The fellowship aims to increase access to appellate-level writ review for low-income survivors
- Development of free writ resources for advocates and survivors across California
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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / August 23, 2024 / More than four years ago we made a commitment - through The Clorox Company Foundation - to help fight racism and inequality. Some of our financial commitment goes toward supporting Equal Justice Works fellows like Elissa Gray. Elissa is working with the Family Violence Appellate Project to protect the legal rights of low-income domestic violence survivors in California who are facing harmful family court orders but lack adequate remedies to challenge them.
Who is your host organization and what kind of work do they do?
My host organization is Family Violence Appellate Project, a California and Washington state nonprofit legal organization providing appellate-level legal assistance to survivors of domestic abuse and other forms of gender-based violence. FVAP's legal assistance includes direct representation of survivors in appellate cases, collaboration with pro bono attorneys, policy advocacy, and training and legal support for shelters, domestic violence advocates, and attorneys representing survivors.
What's the focus of your fellowship?
The goal of my fellowship is to increase access to appellate-level writ review for low-income domestic violence survivors in California. A writ is an order from a higher court commanding a lower court to either do something or stop doing something. My project centers on writ petitions requesting the California Courts of Appeal to intervene when a trial court makes problematic orders for a survivor in their family law case.
Access to writ review is important for survivors because writs are designed for limited "emergency circumstances" where a survivor has no other way to challenge a harmful trial court order, something that happens frequently and can put the survivor in danger.
However, because writs are an emergency remedy, the standard for a successful writ is discretionary, and the appellate court can deny relief without any explanation. Writs also operate on an expedited timeline and are often inaccessible. A writ petition, which lays out the case record and legal arguments for the trial court's harmful error, should often be filed within 60 days or less from the date of the trial's court order.
Through direct representation of survivors, community partnerships, and the development of free writ resources for advocates and survivors across California, my goal is to make filing a writ petition a realistic option survivors can not only access but feel empowered to pursue.
What is an example of a case you've worked on that illustrates some of the challenges your clients have faced and how your project addresses those challenges?
Recently, I worked on a writ petition in conjunction with another nonprofit legal organization, Bay Area Legal Aid, on behalf of one of their youth clients. It challenged the trial court's denial of a temporary move-out order as part of the client's request for a domestic violence restraining order to protect herself and her siblings from the abuse of her mother's boyfriend. A move-out order would prohibit him from living in the family home rented under a subsidized housing program, but it was repeatedly denied by the trial court, concluding the client did not have the right to seek the order despite living in the home and being named on both the rental agreement and subsidy paperwork. This left the client and her siblings with the choice between housing instability or staying in a home with their abuser.
In response to the filing of our writ petition, the Court of Appeal issued a decision confirming the trial court's denial of the temporary move-out order was an error and providing guidance on the standard for move-out orders.
This case highlights the urgent need for the accessibility of writ review for survivors of domestic violence, who should have the choice - like this client did - to challenge problematic and harmful decisions with as few barriers as possible.
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