Lori, with two small children called the police to report an incident of domestic violence; however, when police arrived they were unable to understand our client due to her inability to speak English. The police interviewed her husband, who was the abuser, and left without taking a report. Our client fled to another state with the children to stay with a family member, and her husband hired an attorney who filed for and obtained temporary legal custody. This required our client to return to Tennessee with the children. Her husband then made a request for the District Attorney’s Office to have a warrant issued for our client’s arrest for custodial interference. We were able to refer the client to a legal services program in the state where she was seeking shelter, and she and the children were granted an order of protection against her husband. We worked with the District Attorney’s Office and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to ensure a warrant would not be issued for our client. We drafted pleadings to reverse the temporary order of custody which had been granted to the husband. He was arrested for domestic assault and charges are still pending. His attorney dismissed the pending litigation, which included the order awarding custody to her husband. Our client was able to escape an abusive marriage, and she and her children remain with her family out of state, safe from the abuser.