Carol D. v. Wright CA1/2

BACKGROUND

As stated in our February 2024 opinion, “Carol is 70 years old, retired, and has lived in the same 26-unit apartment complex in Berkeley for over 35 years. Wright is a healthcare worker who takes care of Frank C., another tenant in the apartment complex, six days a week. When he is working,

1 Further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and

Institutions Code. We use the terms restraining order and protective order interchangeably. (§ 15657.03, subd. (b)(5).)

1 Wright spends up to 12 hours a day with Frank in the apartment complex.” (Carol D. v. Wright (A165330, Feb. 27, 2024 [nonpub. opn.].)2 On April 24, 2023, Carol filed an application for a restraining order under the Elder Abuse Act, which the trial court granted on June 6, 2023, issuing the five-year restraining order against Wright underlying this appeal. The restraining order required Wright to stay at least 100 yards away from Carol, Carol’s home, and Carol’s vehicle. The restraining order also included the standard form language, “[t]his stay-away order does not prevent you from going to or from your home or place of employment.” In October 2023, Carol filed an ex parte application seeking…