Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
My girlfriend and I of six years is separating. When she first moved in with me, she only had her clothes and a few misc things. Later she brought some more things from storage. Most items were not nice enough to be used in the house so we stored in garage. She admitted today she has been moving out slowly and hiding my things and taking my things without permission. She often claims they were her items but they are not. If I try to question her about it, she says she will call the police and have me arrested for hitting her, (although I haven't) and she also says she will call my employer and have me fired. I asked her what would get me fired and she says she'll tell them I'm doing drugs, or I'm beating her, etc etc. although none of them are true, I end up letting her have her way to avoid further conflict. Two days ago she called 911. She had been threatening for several days and called because I wouldn't agree to what she was taking from me. When the police showed up they asked me what was going on. I explained some. NOTE, earlier she had been hitting me, screaming at me and had broke things in the house. But when the officer asked me if she was physical I said no. I didn't want her to go to jail. What I didn't know, she was telling the police officers that I had been hitting her. So they gave me a ticket for domestic violence. She is very violent and even her sister moved out of our house because she couldn't handle the abuse from her sister. So here are my questions; how do I stop her from taking things from the house that are not hers? How to prove that she is the one hitting me and I'm innocent and shouldn't be charged with domestic violence. And finally, is it legal for her to continuously threaten to call my employer and threaten to have me fired?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Move out all your stuff you don't want want her to take. That only leaves her stuff.
The ticket for domestic violence appears to be just a class C misdemeanor. Set if for trial. Unless there is a witness to the violence, she will have to come to court and testify. If she continues to hit you make a police report. If there are any injuries, even a bruise or if she caused you pain. let the police know. This could send her to jail. Which would give you time to move out. You can also file a theft charge against her for the stuff she took.
I agree with Attorney Engelke.
You need to immediately hire a criminal attorney.
Record all of your conversations.
Be careful - this happens all the time to men -- I'm a female saying this!
Talk to your employer immediately & warn them.
You probably are not the first employee to have this happen.
This is going to be a very expensive "life lesson" for you.
Be more careful in the future.
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