B.R.

BACKGROUND

J.F. married S.F. and had two children with him. S.F. also had a child with B.R. In connection with their divorce, J.F. and S.F. stipulated to an August 2022 permanent custody order providing J.F. with sole custody of their children, providing S.F. with visitation rights, and prohibiting any contact between J.F.’s children and B.R. In October 2022, B.R. requested a civil harassment restraining order against J.F., alleging among other things that J.F. stalked her home, threatened to harm her, sent harassing text messages to her, contacted her employer in an attempt to get her fired, submitted a false report about her to a local child welfare agency, and purposefully interfered with ongoing child custody litigation between her and A.F., the father of one of her children (who was subject to a judicial order prohibiting him from driving by her home), by driving by B.R.’s home and then telling A.F. what she saw in order to upset him so that he would “berate” B.R. with questions. A three-day trial began in November 2022 and ended in January 2023. B.R. and J.F. both had counsel, and both testified. S.F. also testified. In its February 2023 ruling, the court determined (1)…