Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Tennessee
Unrightful/forceful Kicking me out of the town
Back in March I moved to Tennessee from Indiana to get a new start on life and to live closer to my girlfriend. I found a place to live within a week and a job 2 weeks later. She didn't tell her parents cuz they are very old fashioned and didn't like the idea of her dating a guy she met online. She finally told them after I had been in tennessee for nearly 7 weeks, established a better job etc. Her dad forbid her to talk to me. I wanted to talk to him directly so the church she attended made arrangements that I could meet him at the church with 2 church officials so nothing became physical. When I met him, he threatened to kill me or sue me for ''harassment'' and ''stalking'' (when she would be the one that came over to MY house) if I didn't leave town by sun down. The church officials didn't try to calm him down, but rather, sided WITH him and told me if i didn't move they would help him prosecute me.
I was wondering if I could file anything against either her dad or the church for threatening and forcing me to leave a management job, a steady place to live and wasn't actually harming anyone, to be honest all he had to do was put a restraining order on me.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Unrightful/forceful Kicking me out of the town
This fact pattern is one of the strangest cases I have ever heard. Citizens of the United States are free to travel and relocate to different states without anyone's permission. Were you dating an underage minor? If so, then this may have turned out for the best, because you could have gotten into trouble with false accusations that carried penalties worse than just leaving town.
If your girlfriend was an adult, then the father and the church people had no right to tell you where to live or to get out of town. You would not have been subjected to a restraining order. Those are only given when there is imminent risk of harm.
Are your rights to relocate restricted based on a past conviction for a felony or sex offense crime?
I don't know enough about the facts in your case to provide further advice.
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