Marriage of C.C. and V.Z. CA4/2

I.

INTRODUCTION

V.Z. appeals the family court’s entry of a one-year domestic violence restraining

order (DVRO) against her obtained by her ex-husband, C.C. We affirm.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

C.C. filed a request for a DVRO against V.Z. on behalf of himself, their two minor 1 sons, and his girlfriend, A.G.

The family court held a hearing on the request on November 19, 2024. A.G. and

V.Z.’s parents (the boys’ grandparents), G.M. and T.M., testified on C.C.’s behalf. T.V.

testified on Z.’s behalf.

G.M. testified about, among other things, the dispute between C.C. and V.Z. over

their son B.’s medication. G.M. explained that she and C. have had trouble getting B.’s

medicine because V.Z. controls it. V.Z. would not give them the medicine in the original

bottles and instead would give it to them in smaller bottles, which would run out and

leave B. without enough. 2 T.M. testified that “CPS workers” came to the house “to interview us” at least

four times about the boys’ welfare, but he had “lost count” of how many times they had

1 Castaneda’s DVRO request is not in the record on appeal. 2 C.C. lives with G.M. and T.M., so the boys also live at the…