Walk It Through: The Ex Who Keeps Texting
Messages after a breakup, a threat in writing, a tracker under the bumper, and a petition for an order.
After a breakup, an ex sends dozens of messages a day, some obscene, from a number they will not admit is theirs.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Harassment by someone the person dated. A spouse or a person who lived with them has the domestic violence order, walked elsewhere.
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.
- Course of conductA pattern of acts over any period of time showing a continuity of purpose, which stalking requires.
- FelonyA crime that can be punished by death or by imprisonment for more than one year. Every other crime is a misdemeanor.
- Order of protectionA court order for a victim of domestic abuse that can bar contact, give possession of the home and protect children and property, lasting up to three years.