S.K.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In 2022, S.K. petitioned for a civil harassment restraining order against his uncle G.B. using the standard form CH-100, titled Request for Civil Harassment Restraining Orders. Following a contested hearing, the trial court granted the petition and issued a restraining order for one year. The following year, S.K. requested to renew the restraining order for another five years using the standard form CH-700. The court found the evidence that G.B. would continue a pattern of harassment “unpersuasive” and denied the request. S.K. appealed. S.K. filed his opening brief on April 8, 2024. G.B. did not file a responsive brief. S.K. did not provide us with a reporter’s transcript of the relevant hearings.

DISCUSSION

S.K. asserts that he “sought a [domestic violence] restraining order” in this matter but claims the “court filing clerk refused to provide the requested forms and instead furnished [civil harassment] restraining order forms.” S.K. submits that “[t]he misclassification of the request by the court filing clerk deprived [him] of the full protections of a [domestic violence] restraining order . . . which resulted in the non- renewal of the order.” He asks…