Why Are Protective Orders Granted At Different Rates Across The State?

  Where you live can define many things about you, but can it also determine if you are granted a protective order? Court Watch Montgomery, which monitors these kinds of cases in Montgomery County, have organized data showing significant variation across Maryland in the rates at which protective orders are granted, denied, or dismissed. To unpack this, in studio with host SheilahKast is Laurie Duker, Executive Director of Court Watch Montgomery and by phone District Court of Maryland’s Chief Judge John Morrissey. 

You can find Laurie Duker's analysis of protective orders granted, denied, and dismissed here. We broke down the granted and denied rate to only include those decisions. You can find that here.