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Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-278.14 (2026)

Criminal jurisdiction; protective orders; family offenses

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In cases involving the violation of any law, regulation or ordinance for the education, protection or care of children or involving offenses committed by one family or household member against another, the juvenile court or the circuit court may impose a penalty prescribed by applicable sections of the Code and may impose conditions and limitations upon the defendant to protect the health or safety of family or household members, including, but not limited to, a protective order as provided in § 16.1-279.1, treatment and counseling for the defendant and payment by the defendant for crisis shelter care for the complaining family or household member.

1991, c. 534; 1992, c. 742; 1996, c. 866.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2023 · leading case: Goodwin v. Commonwealth, 477 S.E.2d 781 (Va. Ct. App. 1996).
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Goodwin v. Commonwealth, 477 S.E.2d 781 (Va. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 18× “On appeal, Goodwin contends that (1) Code § 16.1-278.14 barred the trial judge from sentencing him in a criminal proceeding after entering a protective order based on the same conduct; (2) the Double Jeopardy Clause barred the trial judge from sentencing him in a criminal…”
Carl Edward Lord v. Debra K. Lord, No. 0049024 (Va. Ct. App. June 25, 2002). · cites it 4× “"The judge's authority to issue the protective order derived from Code §§ 16.1-278.14 and 16.1-279.1." Goodwin v.”
Thomas Richard Ward v. Kimberlyn Maravet Baig-Ward, No. 0708174 (Va. Ct. App. Dec. 19, 2017). · cites it 2× ““The judge’s authority to issue the protective order derived from Code §§ 16.1-278.14 and 16.1-279.1.” Goodwin v.”
Alan Emin Halac v. A.N.H., No. 1491224 (Va. Ct. App. Sept. 5, 2023). · cites it 2× “See Code § 16.1-278.14. “[O]nly when reasonable jurists could not differ can we say an abuse of discretion has occurred.”
Maureen Blake v. Victor Blake, No. 0387074 (Va. Ct. App. Aug. 14, 2007). · cites it 2× “Wife contends the trial court erred “in the determination that there was no credible evidence of abuse of [her] on the part of [husband] that met the criterion of” issuing a protective order.”
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