Walk It Through: The Ex
A purpose to cause emotional distress, an order valid statewide, and stalking while it stands.
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. Sexual assault victims, conditions of release, and the hearing on the petition 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.
- HarassmentWithout good cause, doing an act with the purpose of causing another person emotional distress. In the second degree, a class A misdemeanor for a first offense.
- Order of protectionAn order sought by verified petition by anyone subjected to domestic violence by a family or household member, or who has been the victim of stalking or sexual assault.
- StalkingPurposely following or disturbing someone through a course of conduct with no legitimate purpose, with a threat or while violating an order of protection. In the first degree, a class E felony.