Cintron
Cintron v. Lizarraga CA4/1
Opinion
Opinion
Do, J.
BACKGROUND
On April 18, 2023, Cintron filed a request for a DVRO against Lizarraga. They share a son who was then 17 years old. Cintron asked to include their son and his parents as additional protected parties. He further requested an order that he be awarded sole legal and sole physical custody of their son, with no visitation for Lizarraga. In his supporting declaration, Cintron averred his son called to tell him Lizarraga “was being abusive” and he was afraid of her. Cintron then “filed for custody,” which made problems he had with Lizarraga “worse.” After Cintron’s wife, Denise Cintron, tried to serve Lizarraga with the “paperwork” for their custody hearing, Lizarraga called Cintron and told him he was a “ ‘bitch’ ” and his wife was a “ ‘fat bitch.’ ” Lizarraga then “escalated things.” Cintron asked her to leave him alone. When she did not, he blocked her telephone number. Lizarraga then began calling his wife and family instead. Lizarraga “threatened” his parents by “following them to work and home,” and was calling them from “unknown numbers with threats to call the border patrol.” On April 9, 2023, Lizarraga called Denise and was “very unhappy” Cintron had requested…