Does your partner...

• Put you down in front of other people?

• Tell you you're worthless or crazy?

• Act very jealous or thinks he owns you?

• Makes you feel afraid to disagree?

• Damage your things?

• Keep you from your family and friends?

• Make you ask for money?

• Push, slap, kick or hit you?

• Talk about hurting you or your children?

• Force you to have sex?

• Blame alcohol and drugs for his violence?

• Tell you that the violence is your fault?

• Say he's sorry after hitting you and that it won't happen again?

• Threaten to hurt himself if you leave?

If this happens to you, you are being abused.

You have a right to live abuse-free... You can:

• Get away from the situation immediately with your children.

• Call a battered women's shelter if you have nowhere to go.

• Call the police at 911 or go to the nearest police station.

• File a police report.

• If you have injuries, go to a doctor. Get a medical report and the name of the person treating you.

• Obtain a temporary restraining order.

• You do not have to be a legal resident or married to get a restraining order.