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My sister is the middle of a nasty divorce. Her husband routinely comes into the condominium property during nonvisitation times to harass her.
tonight he dropped off the children 5 hours late at 10 pm. He then returned to his mother's house and called my sister five times (11 p.m.) demanding to talk to the children (after having them all day). She refused because they were in bed. Shortly after that, my sister heard yelling and looked out her window to see her husband behind her condo arguing with two police officers. He had returned to her condo, parked his truck in a different section of the complex and was stopped by the police behind her condo. He explicitly told the police he was going to her condo to leave a message. In several past incidents, my sister has had to call the police because of this behavior.
They refuse to arrest him either for harassment or trespass because they claim that he was not liable since he was not found actually on her exclusive area of the complex (an area of maybe 20 square feet immediately in front and behind her doors) but in the "public way". They claim the common area of the condo is not private property---which is simply and logically not true.
She would like to know a) are the police simply not helping and b) if so, who can she take her problem to? This isn't just one officer--there have been several calls and several officers who refuse. Point of information: the police chief is a friend of the husband.
The husband's behavior is escalating as the divorce nears its end. It is impossible to get a restraining order against him unless he physically touches her (she has tried three times to get one). The court says it does rise to the level of a restraining order since the police did not arrest him. The police say they can't arrest him with a court order.What is the name of your state?
Does this make sense?What is the name of your state?
My sister is the middle of a nasty divorce. Her husband routinely comes into the condominium property during nonvisitation times to harass her.
tonight he dropped off the children 5 hours late at 10 pm. He then returned to his mother's house and called my sister five times (11 p.m.) demanding to talk to the children (after having them all day). She refused because they were in bed. Shortly after that, my sister heard yelling and looked out her window to see her husband behind her condo arguing with two police officers. He had returned to her condo, parked his truck in a different section of the complex and was stopped by the police behind her condo. He explicitly told the police he was going to her condo to leave a message. In several past incidents, my sister has had to call the police because of this behavior.
They refuse to arrest him either for harassment or trespass because they claim that he was not liable since he was not found actually on her exclusive area of the complex (an area of maybe 20 square feet immediately in front and behind her doors) but in the "public way". They claim the common area of the condo is not private property---which is simply and logically not true.
She would like to know a) are the police simply not helping and b) if so, who can she take her problem to? This isn't just one officer--there have been several calls and several officers who refuse. Point of information: the police chief is a friend of the husband.
The husband's behavior is escalating as the divorce nears its end. It is impossible to get a restraining order against him unless he physically touches her (she has tried three times to get one). The court says it does rise to the level of a restraining order since the police did not arrest him. The police say they can't arrest him with a court order.What is the name of your state?
Does this make sense?What is the name of your state?