Walk It Through: The Messages That Will Not Stop
An ex who keeps texting, a protection from abuse petition, and a hearing within 21 days.
After a breakup, an ex sends dozens of threatening texts a day and shows up outside work.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Former partners with no children together. Custody and support orders, a violation of the order, and a stranger who is stalking are not walked 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.
- Person crimeA crime the code labels person rather than nonperson; burglary of a dwelling is a person felony, while burglary of another building is a nonperson felony.
- Protection from abuse orderA court order for an intimate partner or household member that lasts at least one year and no more than two, and may be extended.