G.A.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

In March 2020, Aguirre, in his capacity as the guardian ad litem for Minor, filed a DVPA request for a domestic violence restraining order against Flores, who was married to Minor’s mother (Mother). At the time of the hearing on the request, Minor was 12 years old and his younger brother (Brother) was nine years old. In part, the request contained evidence of the following alleged abuse: On February 24, 2020, “Flores picked up [Minor] by his face and threw him on the couch”; and on various other occasions, Flores told Minor and Brother that “ ‘Your father [Aguirre] abused your mother [Mother]’ ” and “ ‘Your father [Aguirre] is a coward.’ ” On the day the action was filed, the trial court issued a temporary restraining order, granting both personal conduct orders and a stay-away

order in favor of Minor and against Flores.3 The court also set, and later continued, a date for a hearing on Minor’s request.

Further undesignated statutory references are to the Family Code.

Consistent with appellate procedure and the standard of review to be applied here (see text at pt. II., post), we state the evidence in a light most favorable…