Walk It Through: The Ex
A course of 2 or more acts, a hearing within 14 days, and up to 9 months for breaking the order.
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. Firearm surrender in detail, orders of up to 10 years, and harassment by a stranger 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.
- Class A misdemeanorThe highest misdemeanor class: up to $10,000, up to 9 months, or both.
- ForfeitureA penalty that carries money only: Class A up to $10,000, Class B up to $1,000, Class C up to $500.
- HarassmentStriking, shoving or kicking someone, or threatening to, or a course of conduct that harasses or intimidates and serves no legitimate purpose. A Class B forfeiture, up to $1,000.
- StalkingIntentionally carrying out a course of conduct aimed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person serious emotional distress or fear, and does. A Class I felony.
- Domestic abuse injunctionThe final relief in a domestic abuse case, after a temporary restraining order and a hearing within 14 days. It can run as long as the petitioner asks, up to 4 years.