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California Domestic Violence questions and answers

• My bf of 7 yrs in Alameda bent my glasses, slapped me 4,5 times in my face, pulled my hair out extremely hard. What can I do?

  Asked in Alameda, CA | December 5, 2025

  My bf of 7 yrs in Alameda bent my glasses, slapped me 4,5 times in my face, pulled my hair out extremely hard, scratched my leg leaving red marks, dumped a bottle of water on my head and called the cops on me. He’s been emotionally abusive, also calling me a cheapskate mooch, crazy psycho b****, evil monster, not sexy, curvy, or hot enough. Police gave me an emergency protective order. I have a house with his name on it, but we aren’t married. Now he wants half of my house.

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• I was threatened over an assumption saying my teeth will all be smashed, jaw broken and throat slit plus much more 2 say

  Asked in Orange, CA | May 17, 2026

  Screams at me, waking me up, saying I ate a spoonful of his peanut butter, which I don’t buy. You can check my EBT records. I get up to go see what he’s claiming, and there’s just a peanut butter residue spoon in the sink. He says, “That’s clearly a peanut butter spoon.” So I say, “Wait, wait, so it goes teaspoon, tablespoon, then peanut butter spoon?" He gets about 2 inches from my face and says, "I'm going to smash all your fucking teeth, break your jaw, and slit your throat -- I hope mommy has good dental for you." I promptly fled out as fast as I could and cry myself to sleep every night as I'm in fear for my life!!!!!!!!!!

  Every time he walks in the room, he has a menacing grimace on his face as if he wants to kill me. He is on parole for heinous crimes. The second time I had an early appointment so I go to take a shower. As soon as I’m out of the shower (and mind you, 2 others are sleeping in the room), he’s slamming doors, screaming in front of my face about how I'm a c*nt, my mom's a c*nt, and I’ll never get a job even though I apply to 15-25 daily on Indeed. I'm in fear for my life.

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• Can you file a restraining order against a neighbor in San Diego, California?

  Asked in San Diego, CA | May 8, 2020

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