“Even after I blocked them, they changed numbers, and now they contacted my father”
We asked for provisional measures the day after the complaint, and the nonstop contact was stopped

Hello, this is Kwon & Partners Law Office.
Some people keep getting contact they have refused, even after breaking up. Block one number and a new one appears, and then the contact reaches the workplace and family.
Today we share the case of A, who received this kind of contact from a former partner. Together with the complaint, we asked for provisional measures, and the court granted them about 10 days after the complaint was filed. The case is now awaiting a decision at the prosecution stage, so we introduce it as a case in progress.

A and B dated for about 3 years and then broke up. After a period with no contact, B began sending messages around October 2025, asking how A was and asking to meet. A politely declined at first, and on December 25, 2025 clearly said, “Please do not contact me anymore,” and blocked B’s number.

But the contact did not stop. B changed numbers twice to send text messages and also called from numbers that were not blocked. On March 3 and 8, 2026, A asked again for no contact, but the tone of the messages turned into resentment and blame.

In April, registered mail kept arriving at A’s workplace department (7 items, including returned ones), and on April 24, a long KakaoTalk message was sent to A’s father. After A first refused contact, there were 23 texts, KakaoTalk messages, and calls, and 7 pieces of mail. When the contact reached A’s family, A came to Kwon & Partners Law Office on April 24. Our team took the case that same day and filed the complaint the next day, April 25.

There were three key issues.

① Does the repeated contact amount to stalking?
Sending mail, calls, or messages against someone’s will and without good reason, causing anxiety or fear, becomes a crime when it is repeated. The Supreme Court holds it is enough that the conduct, viewed objectively, is capable of causing anxiety; whether the person actually felt anxious does not matter (Supreme Court Decision 2023Do6411, September 27, 2023).

② Can contact and approach be stopped even before trial?
The Stalking Punishment Act lets the court order provisional measures before the investigation or trial ends. But you must show concretely that “if we do not stop it now, it will continue or get worse.”

③ If there is a settlement, what should the victim receive?
After the case was referred to prosecutors, B’s side signaled interest in settling. A did not ask for money and made preventing a repeat the core.

Kwon & Partners focused on stopping the contact first, before punishment.

First, we filed the complaint the very next day. We took the case on the day of the consultation and filed the next day, asking at the same time for emergency measures and provisional measures, separate from the investigation.

Second, we put the contact “after the refusal” into a single table. We listed, by date and time, when A refused contact and how many times, from which number and by what means, B reached out afterward, so investigators and the court could see the repetition at a glance.

Third, we explained separately why provisional measures were needed now. In a supplementary statement we listed: ① the contact continued for months, dozens of times, ② numbers were changed to get around blocking, ③ it spread to the workplace and family, and ④ the wording and frequency worsened recently. We then requested a written warning, a 100-meter no-approach order, and a no-contact order covering phone and messaging.

Fourth, we accompanied A to questioning. We went with A to the complainant interview so A did not have to explain alone, and submitted a contact-history table that same day.

Fifth, we built the settlement draft around preventing a repeat. We drafted clauses on no contact with A or family (including through other people), not visiting the home or workplace, not spreading the case or private life, and the consequences of a breach.