A no-contact order means the court has forbidden one person to communicate with another. It is a common part of many legal proceedings, including divorce cases, cases of violence and cases of stalking or harassment. Proving violation of a no-contact order can be difficult, but victims can protect themselves by saving any potential evidence of contact and taking it to the court with the help of a lawyer or the police.
Save your text messages, emails and instant-messenger sessions. Text messaging and email have become common ways to communicate. As a result, they've also become common ways of violating a no-contact order. Text messages, emails or instant messages from the offender to the victim are a clear violation. So are text messages or emails to the victim from friends or family of the offender speaking on the offender's behalf.
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Watch your social-networking sites. Just like email and text messaging, social networking sites are popular ways for people to talk to each other. A message, comment, friend request or any sort of communication from the offender to the victim, even through a third party, violates the no-contact order.
Save voicemail messages. Even though the offender or third party does not speak directly to the victim, voicemail is a means of communication and violates the no-contact order.
Watch your caller ID. If the offender calls the victim but does not leave a message, even the attempt to communicate with the victim violates the order. It is more difficult to prove a violation if the offender does not leave a message but uses someone else's phone, a prepaid phone or pay phone, or blocks the telephone number from appearing on caller ID.
Save any written communication you suspect comes from the offender or third party. Because violating a no-contact order is illegal, it's unlikely an offender would sign a letter. But the offender may identify him or herself another way, depending on what the letter says.
Bring evidence to the police in a criminal case or your lawyer in a civil case. Violating a no-contact order is a crime when it is part of a criminal sentence or a condition of bail or probation. Police can make an arrest when they suspect the offender has violated the order, and hard physical proof only helps them make their case.