Khorsand

BACKGROUND

Appellant and respondent married in February 2020 and had a son that November. On October 9, 2022, the parties had an altercation and appellant moved out of the family home with their son.

A. Appellant Files a Request for a Domestic Violence Restraining Order, and the Parties Resolve It by Stipulated Order On October 10, 2022, appellant filed an ex parte request for a restraining order under the DVPA. He stated in the request

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Family Code.

2 that during the October 9, 2022 altercation referenced above, respondent broke items in the home, screamed at him in front of their son, and approached him in a threatening manner while he was holding their son. He also stated that on September 24, 2022, respondent removed a butcher knife from a kitchen drawer in their home, showed it to him, approached him with the knife in her hand, and when he backed away, she put the knife against her own neck. Based on appellant’s representations, the court issued a temporary restraining order, requiring respondent to stay away from appellant and their son, and an order granting legal and physical custody of the child to appellant, with no…