Marriage of Iskarous and Stefan CA4/3

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A. Petition for Dissolution James and Saundra married on September 1, 2013, and they had children in 2015 and 2020 before separating on September 28, 2020. A few days after their separation, Saundra petitioned to dissolve their marriage. After the dissolution petition was filed, both parties accused the other of verbal and physical abuse. Saundra filed an ex parte request for a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) to protect both her and the children from James. The court granted the ex parte request and issued a temporary restraining order protecting Saundra and the children. James filed a response denying the allegations in Saundra’s DVRO petition. He claimed she had fabricated them “to gain an upper hand in [their] divorce” and keep him away from the children. He then filed his own ex parte request for a DVRO against Saundra, which was also granted. In November 2020, during the middle of the trial on Saundra’s DVRO request, both Saundra and James dismissed their respective DVRO petitions by stipulation. Under their stipulation, James was granted visitation with the children during the week from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday morning and on…