• Change your phone number.
• Save and document all contacts, messages, injuries or other incidents involving the batterer.
• Change your regular travel habits.
• Shop and bank in a different place.
• Cancel any bank accounts or credit cards you shared; open new accounts at a different bank.
• Keep your court order and emergency numbers with you at all times.
• Keep a cell phone & program it to 911 (or other emergency number).
• Make sure the people who care for your children are very clear about who does and does not have permission to pick up your children.
• Plan how to get away if confronted by an abusive partner.
• If you have to meet your partner, do it in a public place.