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Walk It Through: The Ex Who Will Not Stop

Texts after a breakup, a tracking app on the car, and private photos posted online.

After a breakup, an ex sends dozens of texts a day. She has told him to stop.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

Harassment by a former partner after a breakup. A threat of violence, a stalker who is a stranger, and getting images taken down by a website 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.