Opinion ID: 2375328
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Domestic Violence In Lucy's Relationships And Continued Services: Spring Fall 2005

Text: After Lucy returned to Juneau following her treatment in February 2005, Rick moved in with Lucy, and they were engaged to be married. Lucy became pregnant with the couple's second child, Carmen. Lucy and Rick began having problems in March 2005 and called Day twice in the middle of arguments for help. Day testified that there was growing concern about domestic violence in the relationship, that Lucy expressed that she was afraid that [Rick] may pound her face in, and that Lucy told Day that Rick was threatening to commit suicide. On March 31 Day drove Lucy to the AWARE shelter for domestic violence victims, and Day, Central Council, and AWARE assisted Lucy in obtaining an ex-parte domestic violence protective order against Rick in early April. Despite taking this action, Lucy declined to participate in the healthy relationships class offered by AWARE that Monreal and Day recommended for her. Lucy participated in the Healthy Change program for a few months until it ended in June 2005 because of a loss of funding. She also attended several AA meetings, but then stopped going even though Day encouraged her to join a group offered at a more convenient time. Lucy also had some involvement in a Parents Anonymous program but stopped attending because she believed the meetings were not helpful to her. Lucy had a hard time remembering her appointments with Monreal and lost touch with Nells. Day referred Lucy to another Catholic Community Services program that focused on family preservation, but it was full, so Michael Dindinger, the family support specialist at Catholic Community Services, offered a less-intensive individual family support program to Lucy from August 2005 until November 2005. Dindinger interviewed both Lucy and Rick, who again had moved back in with Lucy for a brief period before returning to Skagway, and offered an initial assessment. After Rick left, Dindinger assisted Lucy in creating a family safety plan, which she later declined to sign, provided transportation to appointments for her, and helped her deal with public assistance. Dindinger discharged Lucy from the program after she completed it in November 2005 but continued to have interactions with her until February 2006 and occasionally talked to her and offered her transportation.