Escape Plan
Prepare a suitcase with:
Essential belongings or what you don't want to leave behind, easy to store and load
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Changes of clothes for you and the girls
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Personal toiletries
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Baby items or items for girls
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Common medicines
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Toys or special items for children
Llama a la policía
Tell him that you are in a domestic violence situation. Provides complete details and information.
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Write down the license plate number and name of all the police officers and personnel who investigate your case.
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Also write down the complaint number and ask for a copy of it.
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Request a police escort and/or go to the Investigation Room of the nearest Court to request a protection order and its provisional measures
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Go to the nearest Legal Services office
Store your suitcase in a safe place (home of a neighbor, family member, close friend)
Consider transportation and how to get out of the house: think about how
and who are you going out with?
of the house:
Police
Cab
Public Transportation
Car of friends or family
Utiliza recursos de ayuda
If you have been assaulted, go to an emergency room. Inform the room staff that you are in a domestic violence situation. Ask for a copy of your medical record, this will help you in case you decide to file criminal charges against the aggressor.
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Find someone you trust to leave any pets you own with.
Have the following important documents on hand. Leave these documents in the same place as or inside the suitcase:
The most important telephone numbers
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Social security cards or any similar document for you or your children
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Driver's license and car registration
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Electoral card
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Medical cards or their equivalents
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Cash
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Savings books, checkbooks or credit cards or their account numbers
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Medical records of you and your children
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Important payment receipts
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Passports or tourist visas
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Copy of house and car keys
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Photos of you and your daughters
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Copy of protection order (if you have)