Q: I am being harassed over text. Should I take action?
My coparent and his wife continuously harrass me over text. They attack me, my character and parenting style. No threats of harm have been made. I do not respond to these messages yet they continue to send them. I don't block their number because my son lives in their household during visitation. Am I able to pursue a protection/restraining order based on this harassment? Or should I just continue to ignore them?
A: If you don't have an existing custody order, I'd recommend pursuing one and making a condition of the order being that everyone uses a third-party messenger service, like Our Family Wizard, to communicate. The benefit there is that anyone, including the court or GAL, will have instant access to the communications. This can do quite a bit to make people behave more civilly.
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