Walk It Through: The Way Out
A named threat and a listed document, the thirtieth day, and co-tenants' leases ending too.
A tenant whose former partner keeps showing up at the apartment wants to move out before the lease ends.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One apartment and one notice. The death, illness and senior grounds, public housing, and the deposit 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.
- Domestic violenceOne of the listed offenses, among them assault, harassment, stalking, terroristic threats, criminal mischief, trespass and cyber-harassment, committed against a protected person by an adult or emancipated minor.
- Temporary restraining orderAn emergency order for a victim of domestic violence, available even when the courts are closed from an assigned Family Part or municipal judge. A final hearing follows in the Family Part within 10 days.