Walk It Through: The Lease and the Abuser
A partner on the lease, a protection order, new locks, and a lease ended early on notice.
After an assault by a partner who shares the lease, the tenant gets a protection order and wants new locks.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A tenant with a protection order against a partner on the same lease. The protection order itself is on its own page, and leases under one year take 7 days.
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.
- Forcible entry and detainerThe court case a landlord brings to remove a tenant, served like any civil case with the court's form notice, ending in a writ of possession if the landlord wins.
- Presumption of retaliationThe rule that an eviction filed within 6 months after a tenant asserted certain rights or complained is presumed retaliatory, and no writ issues unless the landlord rebuts it.
- Writ of possessionThe court's order, issued seven calendar days after judgment, that a sheriff or constable serves to remove the tenant.