Walk It Through: The Ex
A warning to stop, a final hearing within 7 days, and an order of up to 1 year.
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. Vacating a shared home, temporary custody, and two year orders after a prior order 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.
- HarassmentFollowing someone in public, watching their home, or a malicious course of conduct that alarms or seriously annoys, with intent to harass, after a reasonable warning or request to stop. Up to 90 days for a first offense.
- Second degree assaultAny assault, a misdemeanor carrying up to 10 years, a $2,500 fine, or both.
- StalkingA malicious course of conduct meant or reasonably known to place someone in reasonable fear of serious harm, or to cause serious emotional distress. Up to 5 years, a $5,000 fine, or both.
- Final protective orderThe order a judge may grant after a hearing held no later than 7 days after a temporary order is served, lasting up to 1 year.