Walk It Through: The Ex
Repeated calls and a course of conduct, no filing fee, and an injunction until it is dissolved.
After a breakup, the partner a nurse used to live with keeps calling and messaging at all hours and waits outside the hospital after shifts.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One nurse and one former partner. The separate stalking injunction, aggravated stalking, and custody in the same case are not worked through here.
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.
- Course of conductA series of acts over a period of time, however short, showing a continuity of purpose. Harassing is a course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress and serves no legitimate purpose.
- Felony of the third degreeThe lowest felony degree, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000.
- Injunction for protectionThe order against domestic violence. An ex parte temporary injunction lasts no more than 15 days, until the full hearing, and the protective terms of a final one remain until modified or dissolved.
- Domestic violenceAssault, battery, sexual assault, stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any crime causing injury or death, by one family or household member against another.