This book serves as an introduction for those who wish to look at domestic violence evaluations as they relate to family law cases. For clarity, brevity and usefulness, this book focuses on family violence evaluations in state civil cases. It also emphasizes the markers of violence, including the taxonomy of the different types of abuse, their detection, interventions and legal consequences. This book is a primer to the subject for those who wish to become FV evaluators. There is a plethora of excellent government agency research studies underway and erudite social scientists are engaging in excellent brainstorming sessions to understand the scope and nature of FV. Both agencies and social scientists recognize that the law concerning family violence is evolving.