Walk It Through: Leaving After Family Violence
An application for a restraining order, new locks within 48 hours, and thirty days' notice to end the lease.
After an assault at home by a partner, the victim goes to the Superior Court.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A tenant who lives with the abuser in a rented apartment. A civil protection order for stalking or sexual assault by someone outside the household, and criminal protective orders, are left to the page.
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.