Restraining Order Law Firm Blog

Restraining Order Law Firm obtained a civil harassment restraining order for a petitioner at the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach after the respondent spent weeks evading service — and the court then ordered him to pay our client $10,000 in attorney’s fees under CCP § 527.6. Here is how personal service, TRO reissuance, and fee-shifting worked in this case.

After five months under a temporary restraining order and nine court dates at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, a Power Trial Lawyers client walked out of Department 723 with the DVRO petition against him denied, the TRO dissolved, and the case dismissed. Commissioner Laura Cohen, sitting as Judge Pro Tem, found the petitioner’s fear testimony not credible, found our client credible, and characterized the incident as a general altercation rather than targeted conduct. This in-depth analysis walks through what happens when you are served with a domestic violence restraining order in Los Angeles, the legal standard under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, and exactly how attorney Matthew Barhoma identified the weaknesses in the petition, cross-examined the petitioner, and built the record that ended the case.

Restraining Order Law Firm secured a CLETS domestic violence restraining order for a petitioner at the Menifee Justice Center after the respondent stipulated to the order rather than proceed to trial. Attorney Matthew Barhoma, Esq. (SBN 319339) explains how a Riverside County DVRO case moves from filing to a final order, what a stipulated order means for the restrained party, and how firearm relinquishment works under California law.

How an Orange County domestic violence restraining order lawyer defeated a DVRO at trial in the Lamoreaux Justice Center — and what it means if you’ve been served. This is a real California domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) case result handled by our firm. Being served with a domestic violence restraining order is frightening, disorienting,…

When our client — a lawful, responsible firearm owner we’ll refer to here as R.K. — was served with a civil harassment restraining order, the court’s temporary order did something that takes most people by surprise: it required him to surrender more than 40 firearms within 24 hours, before a single witness had testified and…