Does Your Partner...

-- Keep track of you all the time?

--Accuse you of being unfaithful?

-- Try to keep you from family and friends?

--Prevent you from working and/or going to school?

--Criticize, belittle or humiliate you?

--Anger easily while drinking?  Use drugs?

--Hit, slap, or punch you, your children, or your pets?  Try to strangle you?

--Act jealous or possessive?

--Yell or call you names?

--Blame others for problems or mistakes?

--Threaten you with a weapon or gun?

--Force you to have sex against your will?

--Accuse you of being equally abusive?

 

You have legal rights.

1. You may ask for a criminal complaint with the District Attorney General (D.A.)

2. You may request and be granted an Order of Protection:

--to prevent the abuser from committing further abuse

--to require the abuser to leave your household

--to prevent the abuser from harassing, stalking, or contacting you

--to give you custody of or visitation with your minor child(ren)

--to require the abuser to pay money to support you and minor children if the abuser has legal obligation to do so, after the court hearing