“Here in Zambo, we have only one family court hence the court docket for RA 9262 violation is full” (Judge-Respondent 5, Personal Communication, October 27, 2020). From these responses the following are drawn as factors for the delay in legal cases: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. possibility of plea bargaining undecisiveness of complainant Absence of respondent postponement of lawyers legal process from arraignment/preliminary conference, then pretrial, mediation to preserve family solidarity for possible settlement. Timetable is usually extended 6. If no settlement of reconciliation the possible separation of property and amount of support 7. Clogged court dockets due to first in first out policy of courts 8. earnest efforts taken by the court to settle the differences among the members of the family 9. ethnic/religious beliefs of the litigants which allow the entry for compromises and settlement especially if the elders intervene 10. police officers in the VAWC desk take time to make their reports 11. prosecutors also fail to file the case in court the soonest 12. only one family court in Zamboanga City hence the court docket for RA 9262 violation is full. On Locale, as to what places where these VAW incidents have been reported from, per their respective records, the respondent state actor representatives generally said the violence occurs at the victims’ respective residences, with qualifications, or further elaboration: For the ZCPO, at their barangays and district stations, where the reporting is done, six of which are nearest to the commercial area (pueblo) in Zamboanga City: Ayala, Tetuan, Sta. Maria, Calarian, Divisoria, Pasonanca. For the CSWDO, the violence (particularly verbal and psychological) transpires at the residences, but may be continued at the BLGU-VAW corners. For the CHR, the violence transpires at the residences, and during investigation, could accelerate even before CHR investigators. 21