• You may request a police stand-by or escort while you leave.
• If you need to sneak away, be prepared.
• Make a plan for how and where you will escape.
• Plan for a quick escape.
• Put aside emergency money as you can.
• Hide an extra set of car keys.
• Pack an extra set of clothes for yourself and your children and store them at a trusted friend or neighbor’s house. Try to avoid using the homes of next-door neighbors, close family members, and mutual friends.
• Take with you important phone numbers of friends, relatives, doctors, schools, etc., as well as other important items, including:
• Driver’s license
• Regularly needed medication
• Credit cards or a list of credit cards you hold yourself or jointly
• Pay stubs
• Checkbooks and information about bank accounts and other assets
• If time is available, also take:
• Citizenship documents (such as your passport, green card, etc.)
• Titles, deeds, and other property information
• Medical records
• Children’s school and immunization records
• Insurance information
• Copy of marriage license, birth certificates, will, and other legal documents
• Verification of social security numbers
• Welfare identification
• Valued pictures, jewelry, or personal possessions

You may also create a false trail. Call motels, real estate agencies, and schools in a town at least six hours away from where you plan to relocate. Ask questions that require a call back to your house in order to leave phone numbers on record.