What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Missouri
I have been with my boyfriend for 3 years, and we have a 2 year old child. His ex-wife, who is in Illinois, has been harassing me for this entire time. I have had my number changed 3 times, due to profane and threatening phone calls, and she has sent postal mail calling me obscenities, and verbally attacked me in person. I have not responded, but there is a warrant for her arrest in Missouri. Recently, she filed a lawsuit falsely claiming that I presented a danger to the well-being of her children, and that she wants the court to order that I am not to be present during my boyfriend's visitation with his children. She then went on to state a lot of false accusations of abuse against her children (I have not seen them for over a year and have never done anything remotely wrong).
She is constantly filing lawsuits and has gone through 6 attorneys now in the past 3 years, and says she is going to take my boyfriend to court for the rest of his life. Because of this, I have had to break it off with him. The enormous stress her litigation and harassment has subjected me to has resulted in aggravation of my autoimmune disorder, and I am dealing with constant illness from all of this.
I am worried for 2 reasons:
1. I volunteer work at the Public School District and my background is checked thoroughly. I would hate for these kids to suffer due to false accusations.
2. I am planning to adopt a baby and do not want false accusations of child abuse to come back to me.
What legal recourse do I have? I have tried to get a restraining order, but have been denied because she is out of state.
Missouri
I have been with my boyfriend for 3 years, and we have a 2 year old child. His ex-wife, who is in Illinois, has been harassing me for this entire time. I have had my number changed 3 times, due to profane and threatening phone calls, and she has sent postal mail calling me obscenities, and verbally attacked me in person. I have not responded, but there is a warrant for her arrest in Missouri. Recently, she filed a lawsuit falsely claiming that I presented a danger to the well-being of her children, and that she wants the court to order that I am not to be present during my boyfriend's visitation with his children. She then went on to state a lot of false accusations of abuse against her children (I have not seen them for over a year and have never done anything remotely wrong).
She is constantly filing lawsuits and has gone through 6 attorneys now in the past 3 years, and says she is going to take my boyfriend to court for the rest of his life. Because of this, I have had to break it off with him. The enormous stress her litigation and harassment has subjected me to has resulted in aggravation of my autoimmune disorder, and I am dealing with constant illness from all of this.
I am worried for 2 reasons:
1. I volunteer work at the Public School District and my background is checked thoroughly. I would hate for these kids to suffer due to false accusations.
2. I am planning to adopt a baby and do not want false accusations of child abuse to come back to me.
What legal recourse do I have? I have tried to get a restraining order, but have been denied because she is out of state.