Walk It Through: Leaving a Lease After Abuse
A restraining order, fourteen days' notice, no penalty, and the locks changed for the one who stays.
A tenant whose former partner assaulted her last month wants to leave her one year lease.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A lease of a year or less and an abuser who is not on it. An abuser who is also a tenant needs a court order before the locks change, and the protective order itself is left to its 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.