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Humanphibian wrote:We are still dealing with this guy. We had court last week to modify his visitation (our petition) and to answer a contempt charge he made regarding the property that he declined to pick up (on more than one occasion....with LEO present). As anticipated, when he learned about his decrease in "pay"....he hit the roof. This led to another round of harassing calls, texts, and a few tense encounters around town. All has been tolerable so far.

I hope you're recording all calls and saving any emails or text messages, as well as forwarding all of them to your attorney.

I don't know how your local PD (and Sheriff) handles such things, but on request in this type of situation, ours will arrange an escort from your vehicle to the courtroom so can stay armed until you have an armed officer with you. (Who also makes an excellent witness if anything less serious happens.)

Wildscar wrote:

KBCraig wrote:Easily defeated. All you have to do is step through the safety beam, and it will reverse. Or grab the closing door and shove up with about 20 pounds of force, and it will reverse.

I understand that but what that does is delay the inturder long enough to maybe allow the home owner to get in the house.

More importantly, it would establish entry without effective consent; i.e. burglary once he adds assault, and entering "unlawfully and with force" and therefore stacking up the justifications for force.

Most importantly, it effectively forces his hand early on; requiring him to either stop or commit an actionable offense so you can react appropriately before he finishes closing the distance.

It's also a distraction, and would tie up at least one of his hands momentarily if combat is already beginning.