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.
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