Jones

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

Husband and wife married in January 2016. Later that year, they had a son, Hayden. Husband has a son, Huck, from a prior marriage. Between January 2016 and August 17, 2019, husband and wife had a tumultuous marriage. During this period, husband would call wife a “whore,” a “slut,” and a “skank.” On two occasions, this verbal abuse escalated to physical assault. In December 2016, husband twisted wife’s hand to take away her cell phone, which she was using to record their verbal altercation. Nine months later, in September 2017, husband again twisted wife’s hand to take away the cell phone she was using to record a verbal altercation; this time, however, husband used such force that he broke wife’s hand in three places, which necessitated surgery. On both occasions, at least one child was present. Husband also engaged in conduct designed to “control” wife: He secretly placed a microphone in their bedroom; he secretly put an after-market tracking device on her car; and he repeatedly told wife that he was watching her, knew where she was, and “had files on [her].” Husband also told wife that he viewed their son Hayden as his “insurance…