Walk It Through: The Texts That Will Not Stop
Messages meant to harass, a car following home, a protection order, and a recording kept.
An ex sends dozens of hostile texts a day after being told to stop.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Harassment by a former partner with no physical violence. A violation of the order, a criminal case, and online posts by strangers are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Civil protection orderA court order, temporary or permanent, to prevent assaults and threatened bodily harm, domestic abuse, emotional abuse of the elderly or an at risk adult, sexual violence, or stalking.
- Class 1 misdemeanorThe higher of the two misdemeanor classes: up to 364 days in jail, not more than a one thousand dollar fine, or both, for an offense on or after March 1, 2022.