Elizabeth

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

A. The DVRO Requests On July 7, 2023, Elizabeth filed a request for a DVRO against Braithwaite. On July 17, 2023, Braithwaite filed a request for a DVRO against Elizabeth. The primary basis for each request was a July 2, 2023 incident at the couple’s home. Elizabeth’s request describes the events of that night as follows: [A]round 1:00 a.m., “[u]pon entering [the] home, [Braithwaite] . . . came out of a dark room [and] rushed to [her], took [her] phone [and] slammed it on the ground [and] proceeded to yell at [her],” “curse [her] out, push [her], pull out [her] hair, choke [her], open our oven door [and] turned on the stove threatening to ‘blow the house up,’ slap [her] in the ear (which resulted in loss of hearing [and] perforated ear drum), [and] pulled a knife out of the butcher block [and] knocked [her] to the ground waving the knife (blade down) over [her] telling [her] he could stab [her]. [He] [o]rdered [her] to sit in [the] kitchen with the knife placed between [them],” then “[o]rdered [her] to get the ‘fuck out of the/his house’ [and] made [her] start packing [her] things. This abuse lasted for almost 2.5 hours.” In the section of the DVRO…