Marriage of G.H. and D.W. CA4/2

I.

INTRODUCTION

D.W., proceeding in pro. per., appeals the family court’s order issuing a domestic

violence restraining order (DVRO) against her at the request of her ex-husband, G.H. We

affirm.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

D.W. and G.H. had M.H.W. in March 2014, and they have had consistent custody

disputes over him since G.H. filed this family law case within months of M.H.W.’s birth.

This appeal concerns only the family court’s restraining order rulings issued in July 2024.

G.H. and D.W. filed respective requests for DVROs against one another. G.H.’s

request stemmed from an incident that occurred at M.H.W.’s school when G.H. was

picking him up. G.H. alleged that D.W.’s boyfriend approached him “aggressively,”

started “cursing at [him]” and got “in [his] face saying all this derogatory language,” and

shoved him twice. As D.W.’s boyfriend did so, D.W. repeatedly yelled from about five

feet away, “‘Put him in his place. Put him in his place.’” G.H. recorded the incident on

his cell phone and provided a copy of the video to the court at the hearing on his request

for a restraining order.

1 Given our conclusion that D.W. failed to provide an adequate…