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Four years ago, a South Carolina lawmaker filed a bill that would criminalize "coercive control," with punishments of up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Since that time, efforts to get such a law on the books have stalled in both chambers of the General Assembly.

In California, withholding a get, or a Jewish divorce, can fit the criteria for domestic violence.

In an unprecedented ruling, an L.A. judge deemed a man’s refusal to give his wife a get, or Jewish divorce, a form of domestic violence.