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CROSS EXAMINATION QUESTIONS (VAWC Economic Abuse)

The document contains a set of cross examination questions for a witness in the case of People v. Mendez regarding charges of economic abuse. The questions seek to establish the relationship between the witness and accused, their employment details, the frequency and amounts of any financial support provided by the accused to the witness and dependents, and prior incidents where support was allegedly refused. The questions aim to determine if the accused was able to financially support the witness and family or if he was unable to due to lack of funds from his work as a seaman.

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CROSS EXAMINATION QUESTIONS (VAWC Economic Abuse)

The document contains a set of cross examination questions for a witness in the case of People v. Mendez regarding charges of economic abuse. The questions seek to establish the relationship between the witness and accused, their employment details, the frequency and amounts of any financial support provided by the accused to the witness and dependents, and prior incidents where support was allegedly refused. The questions aim to determine if the accused was able to financially support the witness and family or if he was unable to due to lack of funds from his work as a seaman.

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CROSS EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

FOR PEOPLE V. MENDEZ (ECONOMIC ABUSE)

(ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP, NUMBER OF DEPENDENTS, OCCUPATION AND


EMPLOYMENT)
1. The accused in this case is our husband, correct?
2. According to the affidavit, the herein accused did not financially support you, that is
why you reported the matter to the police, correct?
3. And how many years have you been married with the accused Ms. Witness?
4. Can you describe your relationship with the accused during those ______ long years?
5. (if the answer is okay) And by “okay” what you mean?
6. During your marriage with herein accused, you have ____ children with him, correct?
7. So it is correct to say that there are _____ of you- wife and xxx children- whom the
accused renders support?
8. Your husband is a seaman, correct?
9. Do you know how much your husband makes as a seaman?
10. Prior to this case, how much does accused give you to support your needs Ms.
Witness?
11. Again prior to this case, was he able to provide for you and your child’s needs Ms.
Witness?
12. Would you say that accused is a good provider?
13. How about you Ms. Witness? Do you have a job? (expect the answer to be no)
14. (if the answer is no) Is that by choice? Were you prevented by your husband from
being gainfully employed?
15. (if the answer is yes) How much do you earn every month Ms. Witness as a
_____________?

(ESTABLISH FREQUENCY AND AMOUNT OF REMITTANCE)


1. As far as you know, when did the accused start with his current assignment?
2. So he has been employed under his current company as a crew of a vessel for
__________ months now?
3. From the time he started with his current assignment, how many times did you
receive allotment from accused?
4. For the ___________ months when he was away aboard a ship, he has remitted to you
____ times?
5. How frequent is this Ms. Witness? Monthly?
6. And every time he sends you money Ms. Witness, how much do you receive?
7. In fact we have here the official receipt of the remittances which your husband gave
you. (Affirm and confirm the amount per receipt)
8. Ms. Witness, if we add all the amounts remitted to you it would amount to around
___________, correct?
9. And ___________ pesos for _________ months, that would be, on average, _______________
pesos per month?
10. Prior to the incident subject of this case Ms. Witness, do you recall other incidents
where the accused refused to give you support?
11. (if the witness testified that accused is a good provider) Earlier you said that the
accused is a good provider, did you ascertain Ms. Witness the reason why accused
was not able to give you financial support?
12. Would you agree that the plausible reason why accused was not able to send money
to you is because he has no money with him?
13. You mentioned earlier that there were incidents where accused refused to give you
support. Do you recall how many incidents were these Ms. Witness?
14. In those incidents, did you ask accused why he did not give you money?

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