L.S.

INTRODUCTION

Appellant B.C. appeals the trial court’s grant of respondent L.S.’s request for a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (Fam. Code, § 6200 et seq.) (DVPA).1 Appellant alleges various procedural irregularities and errors violated his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of the federal Constitution, and that the trial court’s ruling was not supported by substantial evidence. Appellant and respondent have one child together. After appellant and respondent ended their engagement and romantic relationship, appellant threatened respondent and continued to come to (and enter) respondent’s house uninvited. On December 20, 2023, respondent sought a DVRO pursuant to the DVPA; a temporary restraining order (TRO) was issued the following day, pending adjudication of the DVRO request. After several continuances, and while disputes over custody and visitation were pending, the trial court held an evidentiary hearing on respondent’s DVRO request in May 2025, and granted the DVRO, which appellant challenges on appeal. For the reasons that follow, we conclude the trial court’s factual findings and its order granting the…