Marriage of M.P. and M.C.
Opinion
Opinion
FACTS
Wife and Husband were married for six months when Wife filed for dissolution of their marriage in July 2022. As part of those proceedings, in May 2023, Wife filed a request for a permanent domestic violence restraining order against Husband. The request sought an order prohibiting Husband from contacting her, their daughter S.R., and Wife’s daughters K.R. and D.R. At the time of the request, S.R. was four years old, K.R. was 13, and D.R. was 11. Wife filed a two-page declaration in support of her application for a restraining order. Wife’s declaration explained that in May 2023, K.R. came home after seeing Husband; K.R. told Wife that Husband was sitting next to her when he hugged her and “took his hand and placed it in her pants and started touching her vagina.” This made K.R. feel “very uncomfortable and scared.” K.R. “utilized an excuse to be returned back home to look for a document.” The next day, according to Wife’s declaration, one of K.R.’s teachers noticed she was not doing well. Her eyes were “watery,” and she appeared “emotionally deplet[ed].” The teacher called the police, a school counselor, and Wife. The police and the school counselor interviewed K.R.; Wife…